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Palo Duro Reservoir today

Palo Duro Reservoir right now: the lake is 0.4% full, there's a gentle breeze from the north at 14 km/h8 mph and it's 18 °C65 °F and partly cloudy.

Updated 12:17 local time, Wednesday 11 November

Water temperature
Not measured yet
We add water temperatures as reliable sources become available.
Wind now
14 km/h8 mph
From the north, gusts 17 km/h11 mph. 7 knots, a gentle breeze.
Air
18 °C65 °F
Partly cloudy.
How full
0.4%
Well below normal for this date. 861.43 m2826.22 ft above sea level. Texas Water Development Board, 6 hours ago.

Palo Duro Reservoir water level today

Palo Duro Reservoir is well below normal for 11 November: 861.43 m2826.22 ft against a median of 865.23 m2838.69 ft for this date, measured over 26 years (1999–2026). That is the lowest level recorded on this date.

Palo Duro Reservoir is 0.4% full, at 861.43 m2826.22 ft above sea level, against a full level of 881.5 m2892.0 ft. That's 0.3 million m³224 acre-feet of water out of 75.3 million m³61,066 acre-feet.

How full0.4%
Water level861.43 m2826.22 ft
Level when full881.5 m2892.0 ft
Below full by20.05 m65.78 ft
Water stored0.3 million m³224 acre-feet
Median for 11 November865.23 m2838.69 ft
Difference from normalDown 3.80 m12.47 ft
Range on this date861.43 m2826.21 ft to 874.72 m2869.81 ft
Reading from6 hours ago

Source: Texas Water Development Board. Provisional data, subject to revision. What these terms mean.

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 paddleboardBreezy – for experienced paddlers
  • SailingGood sailing breeze
  • Windsurf and kiteNot enough wind

Wind, next 24 hours

KilometresMiles per hour, gusts below. Arrows point the way the wind blows.

12:00128gusts 1711 NNE
15:00106gusts 149 NW
18:0022gusts 32 W
21:0043gusts 85 WNW
00:0032gusts 117 SSW
03:0096gusts 1711 SSW
06:0011gusts 138 S
09:0043gusts 106 WSW

Four-day forecast

DayWeatherHigh / lowWindGustsRain
Today11 Nov
Partly cloudy
Partly cloudy 21 °C69 °F / 4 °C40 °F149 NNW2616 0%
Tomorrow12 Nov
Clear sky
Clear sky 20 °C68 °F / 5 °C40 °F2314 ENE4226 0%
Friday13 Nov
Overcast
Overcast 17 °C63 °F / 4 °C39 °F3119 SE5232 0%
Saturday14 Nov
Overcast
Overcast 15 °C58 °F / 6 °C42 °F3320 SSE5333 64%

Wind in km/hmph. Rain shows the highest hourly chance of rain that day.