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Wright Patman Lake water level today

224.97 ft above sea level (the reading for October 19, 2026). The lake is 100.0% full, 4.37 ft above full pool (220.60 ft), so flood storage is in use. Wright Patman Lake is falling slowly: down 0.16 ft in the past 7 days and down 0.59 ft over 30 days.

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

Level now224.97 ft
Percent full100.0%
vs full pool (220.6)+4.37 ft
Past 24 hours−0.01 ft
Past 7 days−0.16 ft
Past 30 days−0.59 ft
vs 1 year ago+0.24 ft

Wright Patman Lake level over the last 12 months

220223226229233 Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26 full pool 220.6
Daily elevation in feet, last 12 months.

12-month low: 222.13 ft (April 3, 2026). High: 231.64 ft (June 29, 2026). Swing: 9.51 ft.

Daily Wright Patman Lake levels, last 30 days

DateElevation (ft)Change
Oct 19, 2026224.97−0.01 ft
Oct 18, 2026224.98−0.03 ft
Oct 17, 2026225.01−0.06 ft
Oct 16, 2026225.07−0.04 ft
Oct 15, 2026225.11+0.01 ft
Oct 14, 2026225.10−0.01 ft
Oct 13, 2026225.11−0.02 ft
Oct 12, 2026225.13−0.02 ft
Oct 11, 2026225.15±0.00 ft
Oct 10, 2026225.15−0.02 ft
Oct 9, 2026225.17−0.02 ft
Oct 8, 2026225.19−0.02 ft
Oct 7, 2026225.21−0.02 ft
Oct 6, 2026225.23±0.00 ft
Oct 5, 2026225.23−0.03 ft
Oct 4, 2026225.26+0.02 ft
Oct 3, 2026225.24±0.00 ft
Oct 2, 2026225.24±0.00 ft
Oct 1, 2026225.24−0.02 ft
Sep 30, 2026225.26−0.02 ft
Sep 29, 2026225.28−0.02 ft
Sep 28, 2026225.30−0.03 ft
Sep 27, 2026225.33−0.03 ft
Sep 26, 2026225.36−0.01 ft
Sep 25, 2026225.37−0.01 ft
Sep 24, 2026225.38−0.04 ft
Sep 23, 2026225.42−0.08 ft
Sep 22, 2026225.50−0.02 ft
Sep 21, 2026225.52−0.02 ft
Sep 20, 2026225.54−0.02 ft

Monthly average levels

MonthAverageLowHigh
Nov 2025224.51224.36224.72
Dec 2025224.00223.80224.33
Jan 2026223.63223.39223.78
Feb 2026223.89223.69224.31
Mar 2026223.51222.17223.85
Apr 2026223.10222.13223.73
May 2026224.80223.87226.01
Jun 2026228.04226.10231.64
Jul 2026228.44226.90231.55
Aug 2026226.43226.03226.86
Sep 2026225.63225.26225.99
Oct 2026 *225.15224.97225.26

* partial month or year.

Wright Patman Lake year by year

YearLowHighAverage
2026 *222.13 Apr 3231.64 Jun 29225.28
2025223.80 Dec 31234.91 Apr 14226.93
2024223.73 Feb 29238.24 Jun 14227.44
2023 *224.04 Nov 9225.32 Dec 31224.45

Wright Patman Lake on this date in past years

YearLevel on this dateToday vs then
2025224.73 ft+0.24 ft
2024224.84 ft+0.13 ft
2023224.72 ft+0.25 ft

Highest and lowest levels on record

TWDB records for Wright Patman Lake go back to 1987. The lowest level in that record is 220.39 ft (December 22, 1989) and the highest is 254.53 ft (May 10, 2016). Today the lake is 4.58 ft above its record low. At full conservation pool it holds 122,593 acre-feet.

Is Wright Patman Lake full?

Wright Patman Lake is 100.0% full by conservation storage, measured against its top of conservation pool at 220.60 ft. It is at or above that level.

Is Wright Patman Lake rising or falling?

Wright Patman Lake is falling slowly: down 0.16 ft in the past 7 days and down 0.59 ft over 30 days. In the latest day it moved −0.01 ft.

How does Wright Patman Lake compare with last year?

Compared with the same date last year, the lake is 0.24 ft higher (100.0% full then, 100.0% now). Two years ago on this date it stood at 224.84 ft.

Data source

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

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