Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 226 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 62% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6036.50 on Thursday, May 14th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on May 13, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 48.5 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 60.4% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 337,681 acre feet

This is 79.5% of the average of 424,776 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 163,381 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 147,682 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 174,300 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 170.84% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 48.20% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -2.09 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.69 feet from the high for water year.

View CFS     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -0.18 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, May 14, 2026
6036.50
0.11
1,024,306
1993
780
79.5
54.5
Wed, May 13, 2026
6036.39
0.04
1,023,182
1438
940
84.8
56.9
Tue, May 12, 2026
6036.35
0.01
1,022,773
1230
1039
86.2
54.2
Mon, May 11, 2026
6036.34
-0.02
1,022,671
994
1111
81.7
52.1
Sun, May 10, 2026
6036.36
-0.01
1,022,875
1135
1150
77.5
50.9
Sat, May 09, 2026
6036.37
-0.07
1,022,977
643
1271
80.4
52.5
Fri, May 08, 2026
6036.44
-0.07
1,023,692
635
1265
79.3
47.5
Thu, May 07, 2026
6036.51
0.00
1,024,408
1490
1214
68.9
36.8
Wed, May 06, 2026
6036.51
0.00
1,024,408
1279
1037
62.6
45.5
Tue, May 05, 2026
6036.51
-0.09
1,024,408
107
944
61.3
48.6
Mon, May 04, 2026
6036.60
-0.04
1,025,329
1595
902
68.7
52.2
Sun, May 03, 2026
6036.64
-0.03
1644
904
73.5
48.8
Sat, May 02, 2026
6036.67
-0.01
1,026,046
1819
893
66.6
45.5
Fri, May 01, 2026
6036.68
-0.04
1,026,148
1220
883
66.4
44.9
Averages of List
6036.49
-0.02
1,024,094
1230.1
1023.8
74.1
49.4

Averages for May 14th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6055.70
-19.2
1,300,948
6087.10
3011.55
78.38
46.16
All-Time
6043.10
-6.6
1,192,169
6151.67
2810.71
78.38
46.16

Last 10 May 14th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, May 14, 2025
6038.59
-2.09
1,045,863
3517
746
62.9
48.5
Tue, May 14, 2024
6046.05
-9.55
1,126,195
3439
688
77.9
51.5
Sun, May 14, 2023
6057.10
-20.60
1,256,150
8362
24
77.4
52.0
Sat, May 14, 2022
6027.99
8.51
940,153
4183
585
84.0
41.0
Fri, May 14, 2021
6035.21
1.29
1,061,928
3402
1002
85.0
43.0
Thu, May 14, 2020
6059.23
-22.73
1,338,049
4766
1061
78.0
48.0
Tue, May 14, 2019
6047.44
-10.94
1,195,781
8299
801
79.0
47.0
Mon, May 14, 2018
6050.16
-13.66
1,227,431
3102
787
78.0
37.0
Sun, May 14, 2017
6078.04
-41.54
1,595,621
8882
8577
78.0
46.0
Sat, May 14, 2016
6073.20
-36.70
1,525,459
5500
809
84.0
46.0
Averages of List
6051.55
-15.05
1,234,199
5857
1536
79.6
48.6


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Acre Feet per day
Outflow - Acre Feet per day
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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