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Lake Travis water level today

677.63 ft above sea level (the reading for October 20, 2026). The lake is 94.3% full, 3.37 ft below full pool (681.00 ft). Lake Travis is falling slowly: down 0.22 ft in the past 7 days and up 1.92 ft over 30 days.

Texas Water Development Board publishes one reading per day for Lake Travis; today's value appears once the agency posts it, usually the next morning.

Level now677.63 ft
Percent full94.3%
vs full pool (681.0)−3.37 ft
Past 24 hours+0.06 ft
Past 7 days−0.22 ft
Past 30 days+1.92 ft
vs 1 year ago+7.80 ft

Lake Travis level over the last 12 months

662668674680686 Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26 full pool 681.0
Daily elevation in feet, last 12 months.

12-month low: 663.26 ft (April 19, 2026). High: 684.71 ft (July 19, 2026). Swing: 21.45 ft.

Daily Lake Travis levels, last 30 days

DateElevation (ft)Change
Oct 20, 2026677.63+0.06 ft
Oct 19, 2026677.57−0.05 ft
Oct 18, 2026677.62−0.05 ft
Oct 17, 2026677.67−0.07 ft
Oct 16, 2026677.74−0.04 ft
Oct 15, 2026677.78−0.03 ft
Oct 14, 2026677.81−0.04 ft
Oct 13, 2026677.85−0.02 ft
Oct 12, 2026677.87−0.06 ft
Oct 11, 2026677.93−0.05 ft
Oct 10, 2026677.98−0.03 ft
Oct 9, 2026678.01−0.04 ft
Oct 8, 2026678.05+0.03 ft
Oct 7, 2026678.02+0.06 ft
Oct 6, 2026677.96+0.08 ft
Oct 5, 2026677.88+0.13 ft
Oct 4, 2026677.75+0.96 ft
Oct 3, 2026676.79+1.31 ft
Oct 2, 2026675.48+0.85 ft
Oct 1, 2026674.63+0.04 ft
Sep 30, 2026674.59−0.06 ft
Sep 29, 2026674.65−0.10 ft
Sep 28, 2026674.75−0.08 ft
Sep 27, 2026674.83−0.12 ft
Sep 26, 2026674.95−0.13 ft
Sep 25, 2026675.08−0.10 ft
Sep 24, 2026675.18−0.13 ft
Sep 23, 2026675.31−0.12 ft
Sep 22, 2026675.43−0.14 ft
Sep 21, 2026675.57−0.14 ft

Monthly average levels

MonthAverageLowHigh
Nov 2025668.63668.18669.26
Dec 2025668.05667.68668.41
Jan 2026667.28666.78667.67
Feb 2026666.68665.96667.30
Mar 2026665.37664.26665.89
Apr 2026663.61663.26664.10
May 2026665.42664.01669.86
Jun 2026671.19669.87672.76
Jul 2026676.73671.30684.71
Aug 2026679.91678.51681.05
Sep 2026676.36674.59678.38
Oct 2026 *677.50674.63678.05

* partial month or year.

Lake Travis year by year

YearLowHighAverage
2026 *663.26 Apr 19684.71 Jul 19670.81
2025635.30 May 22675.37 Jul 26653.48
2024630.27 Apr 27642.95 Sep 10635.63
2023 *626.93 Oct 25632.37 Nov 13630.99

Lake Travis on this date in past years

YearLevel on this dateToday vs then
2025669.83 ft+7.80 ft
2024639.26 ft+38.37 ft
2023627.28 ft+50.35 ft

Highest and lowest levels on record

TWDB records for Lake Travis go back to 1940. The lowest level in that record is 548.20 ft (October 31, 1940) and the highest is 710.31 ft (December 26, 1991). Today the lake is 129.43 ft above its record low. At full conservation pool it holds 1,098,044 acre-feet and covers about 18,271 acres.

Is Lake Travis full?

Lake Travis is 94.3% full by conservation storage, measured against its top of conservation pool at 681.00 ft. It would need to rise 3.37 ft to be full.

Is Lake Travis rising or falling?

Lake Travis is falling slowly: down 0.22 ft in the past 7 days and up 1.92 ft over 30 days. In the latest day it moved +0.06 ft.

How does Lake Travis compare with last year?

Compared with the same date last year, the lake is 7.80 ft higher (82.0% full then, 94.3% now). Two years ago on this date it stood at 639.26 ft.

Data source

Texas Water Development Board (Water Data for Texas), gauge Travis; readings since Oct 16, 2023. Official source · how we collect it.

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