Lake Havasu water level: Havasu
1.6 ft low
Lake Havasu is 1.6 ft below full pool, higher than usual for early November. The Lake Havasu Parker Dam and Powerplant gauge read 448.37 ft in the daily reading for November 3, 2026.
How Havasu stands today
- 448.37 Feet above sea leveldaily reading for November 3, 2026, USGS 1912 datum.
- −1.63 Feet from full poolFull pool today is 450.00 ft.
- +0.83 Feet from normal for Nov 3Median of 1996–2025 is 447.54 ft. Today ranks in the 87th percentile.
- +1.33 Feet from a year ago447.04 ft on November 3, 2025.
- −0.11 Feet over 30 days+1.06 ft over the past 7 days.
The past year, day by day
The shaded band is where Havasu usually sits on each date: the middle 80% of years from 1996 to 2025. The blue line is the past 12 months; the sand line is the 12 months before. Hover or use the arrow keys to read any day.
- Past 12 months
- The 12 months before
- Normal range (middle 80% of years)
- Median
- Full pool
Monthly average since 2006
Readings for the last 30 days
| Date | Level (ft) | Normal (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| November 3, 2026 | 448.37 | 447.54 |
| November 2, 2026 | 448.22 | 447.56 |
| November 1, 2026 | 448.22 | 447.61 |
| October 31, 2026 | 448.21 | 447.63 |
| October 30, 2026 | 447.98 | 447.67 |
| October 29, 2026 | 447.85 | 447.59 |
| October 28, 2026 | 447.34 | 447.62 |
| October 27, 2026 | 447.31 | 447.70 |
| October 26, 2026 | 447.42 | 447.74 |
| October 25, 2026 | 447.65 | 447.65 |
| October 24, 2026 | 447.89 | 447.61 |
| October 23, 2026 | 448.33 | 447.64 |
| October 22, 2026 | 448.49 | 447.66 |
| October 21, 2026 | 448.32 | 447.69 |
| October 20, 2026 | 448.13 | 447.67 |
| Date | Level (ft) | Normal (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| October 19, 2026 | 448.19 | 447.71 |
| October 18, 2026 | 448.25 | 447.76 |
| October 17, 2026 | 448.43 | 447.72 |
| October 16, 2026 | 448.40 | 447.78 |
| October 15, 2026 | 448.78 | 447.79 |
| October 14, 2026 | 448.62 | 447.69 |
| October 13, 2026 | 448.65 | 447.67 |
| October 12, 2026 | 448.74 | 447.51 |
| October 11, 2026 | 448.85 | 447.51 |
| October 10, 2026 | 448.57 | 447.59 |
| October 9, 2026 | 448.80 | 447.62 |
| October 8, 2026 | 448.78 | 447.73 |
| October 7, 2026 | 448.30 | 447.74 |
| October 6, 2026 | 448.46 | 447.79 |
| October 5, 2026 | 448.46 | 447.82 |
Is the water above your dock?
Enter the elevation of your dock, ramp end or a mark on your shoreline, in feet above sea level (USGS 1912, the datum the Bureau of Reclamation uses for this gauge). You will see how far the water is above or below it today, and how often it dipped below it in each month since 2016.
| Month | Low year (10th %) | Median | High year (90th %) | Days above your mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 446.26 | 447.00 | 448.13 | — |
| February | 446.37 | 447.18 | 448.14 | — |
| March | 446.84 | 447.62 | 448.35 | — |
| April | 446.95 | 447.61 | 448.30 | — |
| May | 447.25 | 448.25 | 448.70 | — |
| June | 447.82 | 448.37 | 448.78 | — |
| July | 447.64 | 448.26 | 448.73 | — |
| August | 447.47 | 448.12 | 448.64 | — |
| September | 447.21 | 447.89 | 448.53 | — |
| October | 447.17 | 448.03 | 448.66 | — |
| November | 446.72 | 447.64 | 448.35 | — |
| December | 446.26 | 447.02 | 448.34 | — |
Other Arizona lakes, lowest first
| Lake | Level (ft) | Vs full pool |
|---|---|---|
| 1,039.21 | 189.8 ft below | |
| 3,534.50 | 165.5 ft below | |
| 1,103.06 | 57.3 ft below | |
| 638.55 | 8.5 ft below |
Havasu questions
What is full pool at Lake Havasu?
Full pool at Lake Havasu is 450.00 ft above sea level today. The agency's own term for it is “full pool.”
Is Lake Havasu full right now?
No. It is 1.6 ft below full pool.
Is Lake Havasu lower than normal for early November?
No, it is higher than normal. The median level on Nov 3 across 1996–2025 is 447.54 ft, and today's 448.37 ft is +0.83 ft from it. In 8 of 10 years the level on this date fell between 446.53 and 448.57 ft.
How does Lake Havasu compare with last year?
A year ago, on November 3, 2025, it stood at 447.04 ft. It is 1.33 ft higher now.
What are the highest and lowest levels since 1995?
In the daily record we hold, which starts in 1995, the highest daily level was 449.89 ft on May 28, 1998 and the lowest was 443.71 ft on April 12, 2000.
How often is this page updated?
We pull new readings from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation several times a day. This page was last rebuilt on Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:13:17 UTC. Readings are provisional and can be revised by the agency.