Storage now, against this reservoir's own record

4,078.39 Mm³
Stored, August 2026
36th
Percentile among 75 Augs on record
+3.7%
Against the Aug 1991–2020 average
-0.9%
Change over the 12 months to 2026-08

Storage in August 2026 was around the middle of the Aug record, ranked against 75 other Augs held for this reservoir.

Storage, 1951–2026

Monthly mean storage
899 monthly values, 1951 to 2026
Monthly mean storageMonthly mean storage: Hungry Horse Reservoir in Mm³, from 1951.75 to 2026.5833333333333.02,0004,000Mm³1951.751961.16666666666671970.583333333333319801989.41666666666671998.83333333333332008.252017.6666666666667Year

Monthly means of the publisher's daily record. Volume, not percentage of capacity — see below for why.

What the shaded periods are (0 events)

Not shown on this chart

  • The 1976 droughtThis event’s area does not contain this chart’s subject. Sharing a country is not sharing an event, so it is not drawn.
  • The 2022 droughtThis event’s area does not contain this chart’s subject. Sharing a country is not sharing an event, so it is not drawn.
  • Yorkshire droughtThis event’s area does not contain this chart’s subject. Sharing a country is not sharing an event, so it is not drawn.
  • Cantareira water crisis, São PauloThis event’s area does not contain this chart’s subject. Sharing a country is not sharing an event, so it is not drawn.
  • Cape Town Day ZeroThis event’s area does not contain this chart’s subject. Sharing a country is not sharing an event, so it is not drawn.
  • European droughtThis event’s area does not contain this chart’s subject. Sharing a country is not sharing an event, so it is not drawn.
View the data behind this chart
240 of 899 periods, evenly spaced across the record. Every value is in the download and the API; a table of all 899 would be longer than this page and unusable with a screen reader.
PeriodHungry Horse Reservoir (Mm³)
October 195191.9
February 195278.1
June 19521,102
September 19521,275
January 1953816
May 19531,451
September 19533,497
December 19533,141
April 19542,271
August 19544,275
December 19544,124
March 19552,899
July 19554,280
November 19554,258
March 19562,928
June 19564,104
October 19564,128
February 19572,401
June 19574,079
September 19574,103
January 19582,586
May 19583,230
September 19584,274
December 19584,152
April 19592,584
August 19594,305
December 19594,274
March 19603,597
July 19604,290
November 19604,290
March 19613,721
June 19614,147
October 19614,119
February 19622,849
June 19623,986
October 19624,290
January 19633,678
May 19633,347
September 19634,290
January 19643,397
April 19642,570
August 19644,291
December 19644,149
April 19651,927
July 19654,266
November 19654,117
March 19662,771
July 19664,275
October 19663,620
February 19672,255
June 19673,348
October 19673,837
January 19682,771
May 19683,144
September 19684,285
January 19693,813
April 19692,633
August 19694,093
December 19692,654
April 19702,355
July 19704,243
November 19703,273
March 19712,614
July 19714,238
October 19713,962
February 19722,208
June 19723,311
October 19723,997
January 19733,127
May 19732,858
September 19733,457
January 19743,111
May 19742,211
August 19744,276
December 19742,845
April 19752,127
August 19754,286
November 19753,891
March 19762,988
July 19764,291
November 19763,846
February 19772,946
June 19773,634
October 19772,838
February 19782,138
May 19782,840
September 19784,293
January 19792,920
May 19793,203
August 19793,971
December 19792,631
April 19802,711
August 19804,257
November 19803,847
March 19813,383
July 19814,295
November 19813,519
February 19822,914
June 19823,688
October 19824,289
February 19833,655
May 19833,201
September 19834,109
January 19843,229
May 19842,897
September 19843,945
December 19843,513
April 19852,392
August 19853,822
December 19853,429
March 19863,007
July 19864,293
November 19863,442
March 19872,906
June 19874,200
October 19873,065
February 19882,120
June 19882,339
September 19882,209
January 19891,999
May 19892,473
September 19893,018
December 19893,100
April 19902,728
August 19904,290
December 19903,616
March 19912,409
July 19914,231
November 19913,161
March 19922,403
June 19923,334
October 19922,203
February 19931,251
June 19932,428
September 19932,977
January 19941,704
May 19941,934
September 19942,705
January 19952,115
April 19952,450
August 19954,103
December 19954,125
April 19962,273
July 19964,184
November 19963,457
March 19971,938
July 19974,220
October 19973,578
February 19983,023
June 19984,201
October 19983,540
January 19993,180
May 19992,699
September 19993,979
January 20003,499
April 20002,841
August 20003,841
December 20003,249
April 20012,522
July 20013,792
November 20013,368
March 20022,999
July 20024,247
October 20023,574
February 20033,014
June 20034,059
October 20033,532
January 20043,260
May 20043,802
September 20043,726
January 20053,779
May 20053,985
August 20053,862
December 20053,682
April 20063,241
August 20063,974
November 20063,667
March 20073,527
July 20074,168
November 20073,486
February 20083,124
June 20083,905
October 20083,483
February 20093,135
May 20093,298
September 20094,054
January 20103,542
May 20103,547
August 20104,045
December 20103,689
April 20112,496
August 20114,212
November 20113,921
March 20123,448
July 20124,241
November 20123,928
February 20133,660
June 20134,091
October 20133,965
February 20143,483
May 20142,855
September 20144,055
January 20153,835
May 20153,722
August 20153,821
December 20153,305
April 20163,334
August 20164,158
December 20163,930
March 20173,734
July 20174,142
November 20173,726
March 20182,991
June 20184,109
October 20183,905
February 20193,428
June 20194,123
September 20194,044
January 20203,715
May 20203,511
September 20204,030
December 20203,957
April 20213,321
August 20214,159
December 20213,939
March 20223,623
July 20224,201
November 20223,746
March 20233,077
June 20234,029
October 20233,732
February 20243,566
June 20244,219
September 20243,860
January 20253,252
May 20253,582
September 20253,977
December 20253,915
April 20263,859
August 20264,078

The reservoir's year

Seasonal storage profile
Each calendar month's reference average, against the most recent year
Seasonal storage profileSeasonal storage profile: 1991–2020 average, Most recent 12 months in Mm³, from 1 to 12.02,0004,000Mm³123456789101112Month1991–2020 average 1: 3,272 Mm³1991–2020 average 2: 3,086 Mm³1991–2020 average 3: 2,915 Mm³1991–2020 average 4: 2,840 Mm³1991–2020 average 5: 3,141 Mm³1991–2020 average 6: 3,811 Mm³1991–2020 average 7: 4,054 Mm³1991–2020 average 8: 3,931 Mm³1991–2020 average 9: 3,748 Mm³1991–2020 average 10: 3,603 Mm³1991–2020 average 11: 3,544 Mm³1991–2020 average 12: 3,450 Mm³Most recent 12 months 1: 3,869 Mm³Most recent 12 months 2: 3,696 Mm³Most recent 12 months 3: 3,740 Mm³Most recent 12 months 4: 3,859 Mm³Most recent 12 months 5: 3,956 Mm³Most recent 12 months 6: 4,221 Mm³Most recent 12 months 7: 4,230 Mm³Most recent 12 months 8: 4,078 Mm³Most recent 12 months 9: 3,977 Mm³Most recent 12 months 10: 3,819 Mm³Most recent 12 months 11: 3,749 Mm³Most recent 12 months 12: 3,915 Mm³
  • 1991–2020 average
  • Most recent 12 months

Twelve separate averages, one per calendar month. A January average describes Januaries only. Months are plotted 1–12.

View the data behind this chart
Underlying data
Period1991–2020 average (Mm³)Most recent 12 months (Mm³)
Jan3,2723,869
Feb3,0863,696
Mar2,9153,740
Apr2,8403,859
May3,1413,956
Jun3,8114,221
Jul4,0544,230
Aug3,9314,078
Sep3,7483,977
Oct3,6033,819
Nov3,5443,749
Dec3,4503,915

Why this page shows a volume and not a percentage

Water level

Monthly mean water surface elevation
899 monthly values
Monthly mean water surface elevationMonthly mean water surface elevation: Hungry Horse Reservoir in m, from 1951.75 to 2026.5833333333333.1,0001,0501,100m1951.751961.16666666666671970.583333333333319801989.41666666666671998.83333333333332008.252017.6666666666667Year

An elevation above a datum, not a depth of water and not a distance below the crest. Levels at different reservoirs are measured against different datums and must not be read against one another; this line is comparable only with its own history. Elevation and volume are not proportional either — a metre near the bottom of a reservoir holds far less water than a metre near the top, because the surface area grows with height.

What the shaded periods are (0 events)

Not shown on this chart

  • The 1976 droughtThis event’s area does not contain this chart’s subject. Sharing a country is not sharing an event, so it is not drawn.
  • The 2022 droughtThis event’s area does not contain this chart’s subject. Sharing a country is not sharing an event, so it is not drawn.
  • Yorkshire droughtThis event’s area does not contain this chart’s subject. Sharing a country is not sharing an event, so it is not drawn.
  • Cantareira water crisis, São PauloThis event’s area does not contain this chart’s subject. Sharing a country is not sharing an event, so it is not drawn.
  • Cape Town Day ZeroThis event’s area does not contain this chart’s subject. Sharing a country is not sharing an event, so it is not drawn.
  • European droughtThis event’s area does not contain this chart’s subject. Sharing a country is not sharing an event, so it is not drawn.
View the data behind this chart
240 of 899 periods, evenly spaced across the record. Every value is in the download and the API; a table of all 899 would be longer than this page and unusable with a screen reader.
PeriodHungry Horse Reservoir (m)
1951.75981
1952.0833333333333980
1952.41666666666671,034
1952.66666666666671,039
19531,026
1953.33333333333331,043
1953.66666666666671,076
1953.91666666666671,072
1954.251,060
1954.58333333333331,085
1954.91666666666671,083
1955.16666666666671,069
1955.51,085
1955.83333333333331,085
1956.16666666666671,069
1956.41666666666671,083
1956.751,084
1957.08333333333331,062
1957.41666666666671,083
1957.66666666666671,083
19581,064
1958.33333333333331,073
1958.66666666666671,085
1958.91666666666671,084
1959.251,064
1959.58333333333331,085
1959.91666666666671,085
1960.16666666666671,078
1960.51,085
1960.83333333333331,085
1961.16666666666671,079
1961.41666666666671,084
1961.751,083
1962.08333333333331,068
1962.41666666666671,082
1962.751,085
19631,079
1963.33333333333331,075
1963.66666666666671,085
19641,075
1964.251,064
1964.58333333333331,085
1964.91666666666671,084
1965.251,054
1965.51,085
1965.83333333333331,083
1966.16666666666671,067
1966.51,085
1966.751,078
1967.08333333333331,059
1967.41666666666671,074
1967.751,080
19681,067
1968.33333333333331,072
1968.66666666666671,085
19691,080
1969.251,065
1969.58333333333331,083
1969.91666666666671,065
1970.251,061
1970.51,085
1970.83333333333331,074
1971.16666666666671,065
1971.51,085
1971.751,082
1972.08333333333331,059
1972.41666666666671,074
1972.751,082
19731,072
1973.33333333333331,068
1973.66666666666671,076
19741,072
1974.33333333333331,059
1974.58333333333331,085
1974.91666666666671,068
1975.251,057
1975.58333333333331,085
1975.83333333333331,081
1976.16666666666671,070
1976.51,085
1976.83333333333331,080
1977.08333333333331,070
1977.41666666666671,078
1977.751,068
1978.08333333333331,057
1978.33333333333331,068
1978.66666666666671,085
19791,069
1979.33333333333331,073
1979.58333333333331,082
1979.91666666666671,065
1980.251,066
1980.58333333333331,085
1980.83333333333331,080
1981.16666666666671,075
1981.51,085
1981.83333333333331,077
1982.08333333333331,069
1982.41666666666671,079
1982.751,085
1983.08333333333331,078
1983.33333333333331,073
1983.66666666666671,083
19841,073
1984.33333333333331,069
1984.66666666666671,082
1984.91666666666671,077
1985.251,061
1985.58333333333331,080
1985.91666666666671,076
1986.16666666666671,070
1986.51,085
1986.83333333333331,076
1987.16666666666671,069
1987.41666666666671,084
1987.751,071
1988.08333333333331,057
1988.41666666666671,061
1988.66666666666671,059
19891,055
1989.33333333333331,063
1989.66666666666671,070
1989.91666666666671,072
1990.251,067
1990.58333333333331,085
1990.91666666666671,078
1991.16666666666671,062
1991.51,085
1991.83333333333331,072
1992.16666666666671,062
1992.41666666666671,074
1992.751,058
1993.08333333333331,039
1993.41666666666671,062
1993.66666666666671,070
19941,049
1994.33333333333331,053
1994.66666666666671,066
19951,057
1995.251,062
1995.58333333333331,083
1995.91666666666671,083
1996.251,060
1996.51,084
1996.83333333333331,076
1997.16666666666671,054
1997.51,084
1997.751,077
1998.08333333333331,071
1998.41666666666671,084
1998.751,077
19991,073
1999.33333333333331,066
1999.66666666666671,082
20001,076
2000.251,068
2000.58333333333331,080
2000.91666666666671,073
2001.251,064
2001.51,080
2001.83333333333331,075
2002.16666666666671,070
2002.51,085
2002.751,077
2003.08333333333331,070
2003.41666666666671,083
2003.751,077
20041,074
2004.33333333333331,080
2004.66666666666671,079
20051,080
2005.33333333333331,082
2005.58333333333331,081
2005.91666666666671,079
2006.251,073
2006.58333333333331,082
2006.83333333333331,078
2007.16666666666671,077
2007.51,084
2007.83333333333331,076
2008.08333333333331,072
2008.41666666666671,081
2008.751,076
2009.08333333333331,072
2009.33333333333331,074
2009.66666666666671,083
20101,077
2010.33333333333331,077
2010.58333333333331,083
2010.91666666666671,079
2011.251,063
2011.58333333333331,084
2011.83333333333331,081
2012.16666666666671,076
2012.51,085
2012.83333333333331,081
2013.08333333333331,078
2013.41666666666671,083
2013.751,082
2014.08333333333331,076
2014.33333333333331,068
2014.66666666666671,083
20151,080
2015.33333333333331,079
2015.58333333333331,080
2015.91666666666671,074
2016.251,074
2016.58333333333331,084
2016.91666666666671,081
2017.16666666666671,079
2017.51,084
2017.83333333333331,079
2018.16666666666671,070
2018.41666666666671,083
2018.751,081
2019.08333333333331,076
2019.41666666666671,083
2019.66666666666671,083
20201,079
2020.33333333333331,077
2020.66666666666671,082
2020.91666666666671,082
2021.251,074
2021.58333333333331,084
2021.91666666666671,081
2022.16666666666671,078
2022.51,084
2022.83333333333331,079
2023.16666666666671,071
2023.41666666666671,082
2023.751,079
2024.08333333333331,077
2024.41666666666671,084
2024.66666666666671,081
20251,073
2025.33333333333331,077
2025.66666666666671,082
2025.91666666666671,081
2026.251,081
2026.58333333333331,083

Rate and persistence

-3.19 Mm³
Mean drawdown per month over 12 months
0 of 24
Recent months below the 20th percentile for their own month

Rates are computed only across an unbroken run of months, so a rate is never divided by a period in which some of the change was not observed. Percentile counts compare each month with the same calendar month in every other year held.

Location

Hungry Horse Reservoir
Gauge location
Hungry Horse ReservoirHungry Horse Reservoir — 4,078.39 Mm³Hungry Horse Reservoir — 4,078.39 Mm³

About this data

About this data

Everything below is a property of the data rather than a rating of it. There is deliberately no single confidence score: how much a gap matters depends on what you are about to do with the series, and only you know that.

Source
United States Bureau of Reclamation — Reservoir operations and Colorado River data · US Government work — public domain
How the values came to existMeasured
Period held19512026
Completeness98.6% of the periods in that span are held. Gaps are drawn as breaks and never interpolated.
Known gaps
  • Storage is a managed quantity. A falling line can be a rule curve, a scheduled release or a transfer to another system rather than a shortage of water, and nothing here distinguishes them.
  • No capacity figure on a stated basis is held for this reservoir, so no percentage of capacity is computed.
Continuity99% of the months between 1951 and 2026 are held. Monthly means of the publisher's own daily record.
Last read from the publisher2026-09-01
RedistributionPermitted by the upstream licences
Commercial reusePermitted by the upstream licences. No Hydrionis access tier can widen this.
MethodologyHow this was produced

Use this data

Use this data

No bulk download is offered here, which is a licence position rather than a product one: at least one contributing publisher does not permit redistribution. The values can be read on the page, cited, and pointed to at source.

Attribution and citation

Suggested citation for Hydrionis

Hydrionis (2026), Hungry Horse Reservoir reservoir records, accessed 2026-09-02, hydrionis.com/reservoirs/reservoir-usbr-7181/

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Where this comes from

899 monthly observations 19512026 Mm³
Spatially aggregatedHigh confidenceAugust 2026

Source: USBRReservoir operations and Colorado River data, RISE catalogue item 130874. Licence: Open.

Method: Monthly mean of the daily values published by the Bureau of Reclamation in acre-feet, converted to Mm³. Months with fewer than 20 days of record are not published rather than averaged from a partial month.

Stored as a volume and not as a share of capacity: the operator publishes what is in the reservoir but not what it holds when full, so a percentage cannot be computed without inventing the denominator.

Retrieved 1 September 2026.

Monthly mean of the daily values published by the Bureau of Reclamation in acre-feet, converted to Mm³. Months with fewer than 20 days of record are not published rather than averaged from a partial month.