This weather and climate information comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and is merely a prediction, not set in stone. The lake levels are from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and Water Data for Texas and current as of May 28, 2024.
Summer of 2024 officially begins on Thursday, June 20, 2024. This is the earliest start of summer since 1896, or 128 years. El Niño and La Niña create shifts in weather patterns and precipitation forecasts. NOAA predicts a higher than normal level of hurricane activity for the coast.
The Lone State, as a whole, is expecting above normal summer temperatures. Rain chances for the Rolling Plains to West Texas are expected to be below normal. As of May 2024, the Panhandle, all of West Texas, and the Lower Texas Coast is in DO to D3 drought stages, with a few tiny areas in the D3 stage.
NOAA projects areas along the Gulf Coast and in North Central Texas will experience equal chances either above or below normal precipitation levels. Reuters reported that there is a “one-in-three chance that 2024 will be warmer than 2023 [in Texas 2024] and a 99% chance it would rank among the five warmest on record…El Niño conditions will likely transition to La Niña during the summer and fall [2024].”
What Do the Drought Ratings Mean?
The U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) uses five categories of drought levels:
- D0 abnormally dry
- D1 drought – moderate
- D2 drought – severe
- D3 drought – extreme
- D4 drought – exceptional
Major Texas Lake’s Water Levels – May 28, 2024
A lake’s water level in feet is a measurement of the height of the water’s surface above mean sea level (MSL). MSL is the average height of the ocean’s surface between high and low tide. For example, a lake level of 35.50 feet is 35 and 1/2 feet above MSL. This list of lakes is alphabetized and covers most major Texas lakes.
| Lake Name | % Full | MSL (Feet) |
| Lake Abilene | 12.4% | 1,993 |
| Alan Henry Reservoir | 87.6% | 2,215 |
| Amistad Reservoir | 27.2% | 1,049 |
| Lake Amon G. Carter | 100% | 921.1 |
| Aquilla Lake | 100% | 540.27 |
| Lake Arlington | 99.9% | 549.7 |
| Lake Arrowhead | 73% | 921.33 |
| Lake Athens | 100% | 440.7 |
| Lake Austin | 99.4% | 492.09 |
| B. A. Steinhagen Lake | 85.3% | 81.96 |
| Bardwell | 100% | 433.42 |
| Belton Lake | 100% | 611.63 |
| Benbrook Lake | 100% | 695.82 |
| Lake Bob Sandlin | 100% | 337.77 |
| Lake Bonham | 100% | 565.10 |
| Brady Creek Reservoir | 44.1% | 1,732.33 |
| Bridgeport Reservoir | 65.1% | 824.13 |
| Lake Brownwood | 80.9% | 1,420.99 |
| Lake Buchanan | 75.4% | 1,008.27 |
| North Fork Buffalo Creek | 100% | 337.77 |
| Caddo Lake | 100% | 169.84 |
| Canyon Lake | 57.6% | 885.83 |
| Cedar Creek Reservoir | 100% | 322.16 |
| Champion Creek Reservoir | 56.5% | 2,068.60 |
| Choke Canyon Reservoir | 22.4% | 191.34 |
| Lake Coleman | 86.2% | 1,714.51 |
| Coleto Creek Reservoir | 94.5% | 92.27 |
| Comanche Creek Reservoir | 100% | 337.77 |
| Lake Conroe | 100% | 201.02 |
| Cooper Lake | 100% | 441.43 |
| Lake Corpus Christi | 36.8% | 83.97 |
| Lake Crook | 100% | 476.10 |
| Lake Cypress Springs | 100% | 378.65 |
| Eagle Mountain Lake | 99.5% | 648.99 |
| E.V. Spence Reservoir | 15.4% | 1,850.02 |
| Falcon International | 9.3% | 251.11 |
| Lake Fork | 100% | 403.49 |
| Lake Georgetown | 90.7% | 788.21 |
| Lake Graham | 90% | 1,073.13 |
| Lake Granbury | 99.1% | 692.56 |
| Granger Lake | 100% | 508.08 |
| Grapevine Lake | 100% | 545.22 |
| Greenbelt Reservoir | 11% | 2,617.54 |
| Halbert Lake | 88.9% | 366.81 |
| Lake Houston | 91.9% | 41.43 |
| Houston County Lake | 100% | 260.37 |
| Hubbard Creek Reservoir | 50.8% | 1,171.24 |
| Inks Lake | 94.6% | 887.06 |
| Lake Jacksonville | 100% | 422.27 |
| J.B. Thomas Reservoir | 20.3% | 2,226.24 |
| Joe Pool Lake | 93% | 1,429.90 |
| Lake Kemp | 93.3% | 1,042.19 |
| Lake Kickapoo | 72.9% | 1,040.64 |
| Lake O’the Pines | 100% | 232.43 |
| Lake Lavon | 100% | 495.33 |
| Leon Reservoir | 47.6% | 1,364.51 |
| Lewisville Lake | 31.3% | 502.23 |
| Lake Limestone | 100% | 363.01 |
| Lake Livingston | 99.9% | 130.97 |
| Lost Creek Reservoir | 98.4% | 1,009.04 |
| Lake Lyndon B. Johnson | 198.7% | 824.78 |
| McKenzie Reservoir | 9.0% | 3,014.21 |
| Lake Marble Falls | 91% | 736.37 |
| Martin Lake | 100% | 306.05 |
| Medina Lake | 2.6% | 971.72 |
| Lake Meredith | 42.8% | 2,890.30 |
| Millers Creek Reservoir | 78.1% | 1,331.11 |
| Lake Mineral Wells | 100% | 863.34 |
| Monticello Reservoir | 86.7% | 337.61 |
| Moss Lake | 99.5% | 714.88 |
| Mountain Creek Lake | 100% | 457.68 |
| Murvaul Lake | 100% | 265.48 |
| Navarro Mills Lake | 100% | 435.02 |
| Lake Nocona | 84.9% | 825 |
| Oak Creek Reservoir | 32.6% | 1,983.72 |
| O.H. Ivie | 28.9% | 1,521.72 |
| Lake Palestine | 100% | 345.94 |
| Palo Duro Reservoir | 2.9% | 2,838.25 |
| Lake Palo Pinto | 69.1% | 863.02 |
| Lake Pat Cleburne | 100% | 733.90 |
| Pat Mayse Lake | 100% | 453.59 |
| Possum Kingdom | 99.6% | 998.89 |
| Proctor Lake | 55.2% | 1,155.70 |
| Lake Ray Hubbard | 100% | 435.88 |
| Ray Roberts Lake | 100% | 636.04 |
| Red Bluff Reservoir | 40.1% | 2,811.93 |
| Richland-Chambers Reservoir | 100% | 315.14 |
| Lake Sweetwater | 44.1% | 2,102.69 |
| Sam Rayburn Reservoir | 100% | 169.96 |
| Somerville Lake | 100% | 239.67 |
| Lake Stamford | 99.6% | 1,417 |
| Stillhouse Hollow | 100% | 637.52 |
| Lake Sulphur Springs | 100% | 460 |
| Lake Tawakoni | 100% | 438.43 |
| Lake Texana | 91.6% | 42.67 |
| Lake Texoma | 100% | 619.38 |
| Toledo Bend Reservoir | 100% | 171.96 |
| Lake Travis | 39.4% | 632.96 |
| Twin Buttes Reservoir | 13.2% | 1,906.01 |
| Lake Tyler | 100% | 375.82 |
| Waco Lake | 100% | 474.19 |
| Lake Waxahachie | 100% | 531.73 |
| Lake Weatherford | 94.3% | 895.05 |
| White River Reservoir | 22.7% | 2,351.86 |
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