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Elephant Butte Lake today
Elephant Butte Lake right now: the lake is 1.4% full, there's a light breeze from the southwest at 7 km/h4 mph and it's 22 °C71 °F and clear sky.
Updated 07:17 local time, Saturday 12 September
Elephant Butte Lake water level today
Elephant Butte Lake is well below normal for 12 September: 1303.21 m4275.62 ft against a median of 1321.77 m4336.51 ft for this date, measured over 112 years (1915–2026). On this date the level has ranged from 1208.18 m3963.85 ft to 1342.96 m4406.03 ft.
Elephant Butte Lake is 1.4% full, at 1303.21 m4275.62 ft above sea level, against a full level of 1342.8 m4405.6 ft. That's 34.4 million m³27,850 acre-feet of water out of 2,418.7 million m³1,960,900 acre-feet.
| How full | 1.4% |
| Water level | 1303.21 m4275.62 ft |
| Level when full | 1342.8 m4405.6 ft |
| Below full by | 39.61 m129.97 ft |
| Water stored | 34.4 million m³27,850 acre-feet |
| Median for 12 September | 1321.77 m4336.51 ft |
| Difference from normal | Down 18.56 m60.89 ft |
| Range on this date | 1208.18 m3963.85 ft to 1342.96 m4406.03 ft |
| Reading from | 1 hour ago |
Source: Texas Water Development Board. Provisional data, subject to revision.
Good for today?
Rules of thumb from the current wind and water temperature. Conditions differ across the lake, so check on the spot.
- SwimmingNo water temperature yet
- Kayak and paddleboardGood – calm water
- SailingGood sailing breeze
- Windsurf and kiteNot enough wind
Wind, next 24 hours
KilometresMiles per hour, gusts below. Arrows point the way the wind blows.
Four-day forecast
| Day | Weather | High / low | Wind | Gusts | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today12 Sep Overcast | Overcast | 37 °C98 °F / 21 °C71 °F | 2113 WNW | 3824 | 10% |
| Tomorrow13 Sep Overcast | Overcast | 38 °C100 °F / 23 °C73 °F | 3924 WSW | 4830 | 22% |
| Monday14 Sep Light drizzle | Light drizzle | 34 °C93 °F / 24 °C75 °F | 1912 SE | 2717 | 52% |
| Tuesday15 Sep Light drizzle | Light drizzle | 33 °C92 °F / 22 °C72 °F | 3522 NNE | 3421 | 46% |
Wind in km/hmph. Rain shows the highest hourly chance of rain that day.