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AMERICAN RIVER - FOLSOM LAKE (FOLC1)
Latitude: 38.71º NLongitude: 121.16º WElevation: 350 Feet
Location: Sacramento County in CaliforniaBulletin Group: Lower SacramentoRiver Group: American
Issuance Time: Feb 23 2026 at 8:34 AM PST

2026 Seasonal Trend Tabular (Apr-Jul)Plot View  |  Select a Different Water Year:  

# Tabular Seasonal Trend Plot for FOLC1
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# File Generation Time:  02/23/2026  08:34 AM PST
# Interval:  1 Day
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# Latest Forecast April-July Percent of Average:  62 %  ( 732 kaf )
# 30 Year April-July Volume Mean: 1190 kaf
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# Peak April-July Volume and Date:       MM kaf  on   MM
# Peak Water Year Volume and Date:     69.6 kaf  on  12/23/2025
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#               Min       90%       75%       50%       25%       10%       Max
#               Exceed    Exceed    Exceed    Exceed    Exceed    Exceed    Exceed    Raw Obs  Raw Avg
#               Apr-Jul   Apr-Jul   Apr-Jul   Apr-Jul   Apr-Jul   Apr-Jul   Apr-Jul   Apr-Jul  Apr-Jul  Raw Daily
# Date          Forecast  Forecast  Forecast  Forecast  Forecast  Forecast  Forecast  To Date  To Date  Observation
# (mm/dd/YYYY)  (kaf)     (kaf)     (kaf)     (kaf)     (kaf)     (kaf)     (kaf)     (kaf)    (kaf)    (kaf)
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  10/01/2025      156       490       723      1080      1740      2340      2530                          0.251905
  10/02/2025      158       492       720      1080      1740      2340      2530                          0.853566
  10/03/2025      156       490       720      1080      1730      2330      2530                          2.821364
  10/04/2025      159       493       726      1080      1740      2330      2530                          1.998045
  10/05/2025      156       492       717      1080      1740      2330      2530                          1.318863
  10/06/2025      156       491       716      1080      1740      2330      2530                          0.671250
  10/07/2025      156       489       713      1080      1730      2330      2530                          0.778028
  10/08/2025      161       495       722      1080      1740      2330      2530                          0.986379
  10/09/2025      164       500       724      1080      1740      2340      2540                          0.320004
  10/10/2025      163       492       725      1080      1740      2340      2530                          0.519429
  10/11/2025      169       502       738      1090      1740      2340      2540                          0.794144
  10/12/2025      167       488       724      1080      1740      2330      2540                          0.582405
  10/13/2025      162       488       725      1080      1740      2330      2530                          0.270500
  10/14/2025      162       484       709      1080      1740      2330      2530                          0.563727
  10/15/2025      158       484       700      1080      1740      2330      2530                          0.960922
  10/16/2025      158       483       692      1080      1730      2330      2530                          0.964889
  10/17/2025      161       484       720      1080      1730      2330      2530                          0.801830
  10/18/2025      162       482       714      1080      1730      2330      2530                          0.836376
  10/19/2025      172       486       715      1080      1730      2340      2530                          1.343077
  10/20/2025      164       484       710      1080      1730      2330      2530                          0.999271
  10/21/2025      170       485       700      1080      1730      2340      2530                          0.849846
  10/22/2025      165       484       697      1080      1730      2320      2560                          0.478603
  10/23/2025      159       481       683      1080      1730      2320      2510                          0.278021
  10/24/2025      157       481       670      1070      1730      2320      2540                          0.088926
  10/25/2025      156       480       670      1070      1730      2310      2500                          0.937948
  10/26/2025      154       478       663      1070      1730      2310      2490                          0.315460
  10/27/2025      153       472       646      1070      1730      2310      2470                          0.967700
  10/28/2025      153       471       647      1050      1730      2310      2490                          1.369359
  10/29/2025      154       472       644      1050      1730      2300      2460                          1.090677
  10/30/2025      154       473       648      1050      1730      2300      2480                          0.764391
  10/31/2025      156       481       652      1050      1730      2300      2450                          0.485874
  11/01/2025      159       484       670      1060      1730      2310      2460                          0.375625
  11/02/2025      160       484       678      1070      1730      2320      2500                          0.640835
  11/03/2025      161       491       692      1050      1730      2330      2460                          0.667612
  11/04/2025      164       483       679      1080      1730      2320      2490                         -0.623315
  11/05/2025      166       492       688      1100      1730      2320      2480                          0.382155
  11/06/2025      163       493       675      1070      1730      2300      2470                          1.422913
  11/07/2025      164       496       675      1060      1730      2300      2450                          1.622255
  11/08/2025      168       499       708      1070      1730      2310      2460                          0.970592
  11/09/2025      185       510       756      1080      1730      2360      2460                          1.044148
  11/10/2025      177       479       705      1070      1730      2300      2450                          1.357622
  11/11/2025      167       473       665      1030      1730      2260      2450                          1.010758
  11/12/2025      171       508       680      1060      1730      2260      2450                          0.432238
  11/13/2025      180       524       699      1060      1730      2290      2450                         -0.121985
  11/14/2025      177       502       728      1040      1730      2220      2450                          5.188257
  11/15/2025      187       554       707      1060      1750      2280      2440                         13.046059
  11/16/2025      173       515       698      1040      1740      2250      2460                          5.807523
  11/17/2025      175       522       667      1010      1740      2210      2440                          8.750046
  11/18/2025      179       497       675      1000      1740      2200      2430                          8.589463
  11/19/2025      169       491       666       961      1740      2200      2400                          4.428495
  11/20/2025      165       495       665       964      1740      2200      2410                          3.381124
  11/21/2025      171       494       676       967      1740      2190      2440                          3.728897
  11/22/2025      163       471       651       964      1740      2190      2390                          1.995897
  11/23/2025      160       462       667       953      1730      2180      2390                          2.030608
  11/24/2025      151       460       641       979      1730      2170      2370                          1.683248
  11/25/2025      150       468       650       979      1790      2150      2370                          1.716719
  11/26/2025      147       454       624       975      1710      2160      2370                          1.738538
  11/27/2025      140       443       594       948      1670      2140      2370                          2.240859
  11/28/2025      125       429       586       948      1640      2120      2370                          1.559858
  11/29/2025      121       418       585       948      1600      2110      2370                          1.444236
  11/30/2025      133       436       600       948      1640      2130      2370                          1.081999
  12/01/2025      126       423       569       948      1610      2110      2370                          1.250597
  12/02/2025      115       400       550       936      1580      2110      2370                          1.658123
  12/03/2025      124       403       555       949      1580      2110      2370                          0.688522
  12/04/2025      125       426       568       955      1620      2120      2400                          1.326301
  12/05/2025      126       421       556       940      1590      2080      2360                          1.636552
  12/06/2025      105       386       544       918      1540      2060      2350                          0.267441
  12/07/2025      106       382       548       938      1550      2070      2350                          1.091586
  12/08/2025      100       376       543       859      1520      2050      2330                          1.665561
  12/09/2025       94.6     364       533       826      1520      2020      2320                          1.315061
  12/10/2025      107       383       557       850      1530      2060      2320                          0.963733
  12/11/2025      129       417       580       927      1570      2070      2320                          0.752738
  12/12/2025      129       418       585       882      1560      2040      2330                          0.816294
  12/13/2025      133       404       570       882      1550      2000      2340                          1.310018
  12/14/2025      139       409       591       905      1550      2030      2350                          1.245059
  12/15/2025      139       429       590       908      1570      2040      2380                          0.622571
  12/16/2025      145       405       587       855      1570      2030      2360                          0.625134
  12/17/2025      158       447       568       898      1600      2020      2350                          0.809351
  12/18/2025      174       466       621       938      1600      2070      2430                          2.621608
  12/19/2025      207       513       721       996      1650      2110      2480                          3.523688
  12/20/2025      195       517       692       951      1620      2060      2500                          4.571388
  12/21/2025      198       525       719       992      1640      2120      2580                          9.543279
  12/22/2025      200       552       720       997      1660      2110      2550                         41.610194
  12/23/2025      200       522       684       954      1660      2110      2460                         69.562420
  12/24/2025      196       516       660       963      1630      2120      2440                         25.326732
  12/25/2025      194       564       701       936      1670      2120      2490                         43.475593
  12/26/2025      203       511       651       902      1630      2060      2400                         45.450663
  12/27/2025      192       457       611       886      1600      2030      2320                         35.838622
  12/28/2025      196       467       613       864      1610      1990      2320                         20.561374
  12/29/2025      204       487       617       920      1600      2020      2320                         13.785904
  12/30/2025      211       551       693       975      1690      2140      2380                         10.876110
  12/31/2025      217       551       693      1010      1660      2100      2360                          9.393277
  01/01/2026      228       616       748      1030      1760      2130      2410                          9.004346
  01/02/2026      247       613       759      1020      1720      2110      2420                         22.740248
  01/03/2026      242       611       759      1010      1660      2030      2410                         25.967899
  01/04/2026      257       559       724       954      1590      1950      2320                         38.253450
  01/05/2026      260       541       702       905      1540      1880      2260                         58.543167
  01/06/2026      264       547       706       904      1530      1900      2240                         35.340599
  01/07/2026      265       547       712       896      1540      1910      2310                         22.799920
  01/08/2026      271       535       713       912      1510      1890      2250                         17.205623
  01/09/2026      271       550       712       905      1520      1890      2240                         14.101529
  01/10/2026      269       515       702       902      1480      1880      2240                         11.759676
  01/11/2026      268       516       693       900      1460      1870      2240                          9.603115
  01/12/2026      268       466       679       898      1430      1850      2230                          9.384599
  01/13/2026      268       467       697       900      1430      1860      2230                          8.591366
  01/14/2026      266       435       664       893      1410      1820      2220                          8.034911
  01/15/2026      269       429       650       894      1410      1810      2230                          7.824908
  01/16/2026      231       418       626       890      1390      1780      2200                          8.394916
  01/17/2026      223       416       645       889      1390      1780      2210                          8.363924
  01/18/2026      220       421       650       902      1380      1790      2240                          7.447547
  01/19/2026      226       397       617       881      1370      1770      2150                          6.933160
  01/20/2026      230       384       611       869      1370      1760      2140                          6.764066
  01/21/2026      234       376       611       883      1360      1760      2130                          6.362241
  01/22/2026      234       392       600       834      1360      1730      2120                          6.328521
  01/23/2026      228       366       582       832      1330      1710      2110                          6.307943
  01/24/2026      231       354       573       833      1330      1680      2120                          6.017278
  01/25/2026      221       336       535       828      1320      1620      2120                          5.446443
  01/26/2026      218       329       521       827      1290      1590      2110                          5.794795
  01/27/2026      218       338       516       789      1290      1580      2120                          4.982387
  01/28/2026      214       328       505       785      1280      1560      2120                          4.488992
  01/29/2026      212       324       491       780      1280      1550      2110                          4.645192
  01/30/2026      211       323       490       769      1280      1550      2110                          4.566925
  01/31/2026      216       330       500       758      1280      1540      2120                          4.099315
  02/01/2026      221       334       512       801      1290      1540      2130                          4.526099
  02/02/2026      228       341       537       836      1300      1560      2140                          4.583869
  02/03/2026      230       342       529       846      1300      1570      2140                          3.767410
  02/04/2026      233       344       515       805      1270      1540      2150                          3.870552
  02/05/2026      231       329       539       777      1320      1580      2160                          4.092044
  02/06/2026      232       342       516       825      1310      1620      2140                          4.256591
  02/07/2026      245       378       598       866      1370      1670      2220                          4.301055
  02/08/2026      251       388       589       855      1360      1690      2220                          3.953199
  02/09/2026      266       396       620       899      1360      1710      2260                          3.455422
  02/10/2026      263       417       624       886      1330      1670      2260                          3.700055
  02/11/2026      285       437       632       908      1370      1730      2320                          4.516594
  02/12/2026      323       476       671       944      1390      1750      2390                          4.637588
  02/13/2026      345       480       694       981      1460      1750      2380                          4.588827
  02/14/2026      373       515       735      1000      1480      1800      2420                          4.016835
  02/15/2026      396       527       752      1000      1500      1810      2430                          3.690881
  02/16/2026      439       594       756      1070      1600      1840      2450                          3.974355
  02/17/2026      450       595       723      1080      1490      1810      2470                         16.563052
  02/18/2026      443       575       714       977      1480      1720      2380                         21.236591
  02/19/2026      402       470       634       865      1310      1620      2210                         13.572759
  02/20/2026      371       443       586       795      1260      1570      2140                         15.043360
  02/21/2026      351       417       572       749      1220      1550      2070                         10.637842
  02/22/2026      344       422       556       739      1220      1540      2030                          8.400950
  02/23/2026      338       414       543       732      1190      1530      2030                          7.371761
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Official 7 Day National Weather Service Forecast   (CAZ017)
Today: Mostly cloudy. Highs 63 to 69. Light winds.

Tonight: Cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. Warmer. Lows around 53. Southeast winds up to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Rain. Highs around 60. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday Night: Cloudy. Rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. Lows around 54. South winds up to 15 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning. Highs around 66. Light winds becoming west up to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy. Lows around 48.

Thursday: Partly cloudy. Highs around 67.

Thursday Night through Saturday: Mostly cloudy. Lows around 50. Highs around 69.

Saturday Night and Sunday: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Lows around 52. Highs 63 to 68.