Reservoir · Texas · United States · TWDB
Lake Palestine
88.0% full
Capacity
453.06 hm³
Volume stored
399 hm³
Vs month average
97% of normal
Coordinates
32.053°N, 95.437°W
Last updated
2026-10-13
Current fill
88.0%vs 7 days ago
-1.0%losing
vs 1 year ago
-9.1%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
97%of normal
88.0% full on 2026-10-13, against an average of 90.3% for October across 5 years of readings (-2.3 points).
Data source: Texas Water Development Board (Water Data for Texas) — daily reservoir storage volume. Design capacity is unavailable for this site, so fill % is estimated against the 5-year maximum storage and may overstate fullness. Last reading: 2026-10-13.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
About Lake Palestine
As of October 13, 2026, Lake Palestine is filled to 88.0% of its total capacity, holding roughly 399 hm³ of water out of a maximum 453 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-1.0 pts), and it is 9.1 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Palestine — 1460 data points between October 15, 2022 and October 13, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 83.4% (October 23, 2022) to a high of 100.0% (January 31, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by TWDB primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Texas basin at 32.053°N, 95.437°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 88.0%
- Water stored
- 399 hm³
- Total capacity
- 453 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.0 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 9.1 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Texas
- Operator
- TWDB
- Coordinates
- 32.053°N, 95.437°W
- Last updated
- October 13, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | 88.0% | 399 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 88.1% | 399 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 88.3% | 400 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 88.4% | 401 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 88.7% | 402 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 88.7% | 402 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 88.8% | 402 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 89.0% | 403 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 89.2% | 404 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 89.4% | 405 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 89.4% | 405 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 89.1% | 404 |