Lake levels increasing after recent rains

Posted: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 07:25 PM - 38,545 Readers

Latest Lake Levels, courtesy of the LCRA Hydromet Data

The recent rainfall has added to our yearly totals and also started to really affect the lake levels. Most of the rain doesn't take long to trickle down into the Lakes, and it is already starting to do so...

Here are some of the latest statistics after this past storm system's rainfall:

Lake Travis: 681.88 ft (Avg: 668.84 ft msl) | +13.0 Ft. | 102% Full |

Lake Buchanan: 1,016.88 ft (Avg: 1,011.43 ft msl) | +5.5 Ft. | 92% Full |

Combined Storage now at: 97% | Water Temperature: 68 Degrees.

* Story Contributed by: Meteorologist Collin Myers

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