In the tables that follow, each date is color-coded according to the kind of release scheduled for that day:
| Color | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Scheduled release: Less than 3000 cfs below Lake Natoma. | |
| Scheduled release: Less than 6000 cfs below Lake Natoma. | |
| Scheduled release: 6000 cfs or more below Lake Natoma. | |
| Ramping up/down from Lake Natoma. |
| January 2026 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1Change to 5,000 cfs at 8am | 25,000 cfs all day | 3Ramping up to 8,000 cfs | ||||
| 4Ramping up to 11,000 cfs | 511,000 cfs all day | 611,000 cfs all day | 711,000 cfs all day | 811,000 cfs all day | 9Ramping down to 9,500 cfs | 10Ramping down to 8,300 cfs |
| 11Ramping down to 7,300 cfs | 12Ramping down to 6,400 cfs | 13Ramping down to 5,650 cfs | 14Ramping down to 5,000 cfs | 15Ramping down to 4,500 cfs | 16Ramping down to 4,000 cfs | 174,000 cfs all day |
| 18Ramping down to 3,500 cfs | 193,500 cfs all day | 203,500 cfs all day | 213,500 cfs all day | 223,500 cfs all day | 233,500 cfs all day | 243,500 cfs all day |
| 253,500 cfs all day | 263,500 cfs all day | 273,500 cfs all day | 28Ramping down to 3,000 cfs | 29Ramping down to 2,500 cfs | 302,500 cfs all day | 31Ramping up to 5,000 cfs |
| February 2026 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 15,000 cfs all day | 25,000 cfs all day | 35,000 cfs all day | 45,000 cfs all day | 55,000 cfs all day | 65,000 cfs all day | 75,000 cfs all day |
| 8Ramping down to 4,500 cfs | 94,500 cfs all day | 10Ramping down to 4,000 cfs | 11Ramping down to 3,500 cfs | 123,500 cfs all day | 13Ramping down to 3,000 cfs | 14Ramping down to 2,500 cfs |
| 152,500 cfs all day | 162,500 cfs all day | 17Change to 2,500 cfs at 11pm | 18Change to 2,500 cfs at 5am | 192,500 cfs all day | 202,500 cfs all day | 212,500 cfs all day |
| 222,500 cfs all day | 23Change to 5,000 cfs at 8am | 245,000 cfs all day | 255,000 cfs all day | 265,000 cfs all day | 27Ramping down to 4,350 cfs | 28Ramping down to 3,850 cfs |
| March 2026 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1Ramping down to 3,350 cfs | 2Ramping down to 2,850 cfs | 3Ramping down to 2,350 cfs | 4Ramping down to 1,850 cfs | 5Ramping down to 1,500 cfs | 61,500 cfs all day | 71,500 cfs all day |
| 81,500 cfs all day | 9Change to 2,500 cfs at 8am | 102,500 cfs all day | 112,500 cfs all day | 122,500 cfs all day | 132,500 cfs all day | 142,500 cfs all day |
| 152,500 cfs all day | 162,500 cfs all day | 172,500 cfs all day | 182,500 cfs all day | 19Ramping down to 2,200 cfs | 202,200 cfs all day | 212,200 cfs all day |
| 22Ramping down to 1,800 cfs | 231,800 cfs all day | 24Ramping down to 1,500 cfs | 251,500 cfs all day | 26Ramping down to 1,100 cfs | 271,100 cfs all day | 281,100 cfs all day |
| 291,100 cfs all day | 301,100 cfs all day | 311,100 cfs all day | ||||
| April 2026 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 11,100 cfs all day | 21,100 cfs all day | 31,100 cfs all day | 4Change to 1,500 cfs at 8am | |||
| 51,500 cfs all day | 61,500 cfs all day | 71,500 cfs all day | 81,500 cfs all day | 9Ramping up to 2,000 cfs | 102,000 cfs all day | 11Ramping up to 7,500 cfs |
| 127,500 cfs all day | 137,500 cfs all day | 147,500 cfs all day | 15Ramping down to 6,500 cfs | 166,500 cfs all day | 176,500 cfs all day | 186,500 cfs all day |
| 196,500 cfs all day | 206,500 cfs all day | 21Change to 7,500 cfs at 8am | 227,500 cfs all day | 237,500 cfs all day | 24Ramping down to 7,000 cfs | 25Ramping down to 6,500 cfs |
| 26Ramping down to 6,000 cfs | 27Ramping down to 5,500 cfs | 285,000 cfs all day | 29Ramping down to 4,500 cfs | 30Ramping down to 4,000 cfs | ||
| May 2026 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1Ramping down to 3,500 cfs | 2Ramping down to 3,000 cfs | |||||
| 33,000 cfs all day | 43,000 cfs all day | 53,000 cfs all day | 63,000 cfs all day | 73,000 cfs all day | 8Change to 4,000 cfs at 6am | 94,000 cfs all day |
| 104,000 cfs all day | 114,000 cfs all day | 12Ramping down to 3,500 cfs | 133,500 cfs all day | 143,500 cfs all day | 153,500 cfs all day | 163,500 cfs all day |
| 17Ramping down to 3,000 cfs | 183,000 cfs all day | 19Ramping down to 2,500 cfs | 20Ramping down to 2,000 cfs | 212,000 cfs all day | 222,000 cfs all day | 23Ramping down to 1,500 cfs |
| 241,500 cfs all day | 251,500 cfs all day | 261,500 cfs all day | 271,500 cfs all day | 281,500 cfs all day | 291,500 cfs all day | 301,500 cfs all day |
| 311,500 cfs all day | ||||||
| June 2026 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 11,500 cfs all day | 2Ramping up to 1,800 cfs then down to 1,500 cfs | 3Ramping down to 1,100 cfs | 41,100 cfs all day | 51,100 cfs all day | 61,100 cfs all day | |
| 71,100 cfs all day | 81,100 cfs all day | 91,100 cfs all day | 101,100 cfs all day | 11Change to 1,600 cfs at 8am | 12Change to 2,000 cfs at 8am | 132,000 cfs all day |
| 142,000 cfs all day | 152,000 cfs all day | 16Change to 2,500 cfs at 8am | 172,500 cfs all day | 18Change to 3,000 cfs at 8am | 193,000 cfs all day | 203,000 cfs all day |
| 213,000 cfs all day | 223,000 cfs all day | 233,000 cfs all day | 243,000 cfs all day | 253,000 cfs all day | 263,000 cfs all day | 273,000 cfs all day |
| 283,000 cfs all day | 293,000 cfs all day | 303,000 cfs all day | ||||
| July 2026 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 13,000 cfs all day | 23,000 cfs all day | 33,000 cfs all day | 4Ramping up to 4,025 cfs | |||
| 54,025 cfs all day | 64,025 cfs all day | 74,025 cfs all day | 84,025 cfs all day | 9Change to 4,500 cfs at 8am | 104,500 cfs all day | 114,500 cfs all day |
| 124,500 cfs all day | 134,500 cfs all day | 144,500 cfs all day | 154,500 cfs all day | 164,500 cfs all day | 174,500 cfs all day | 184,500 cfs all day |
| 194,500 cfs all day | 204,500 cfs all day | 214,500 cfs all day | 224,500 cfs all day | 234,500 cfs all day | 244,500 cfs all day | 254,500 cfs all day |
| 26Change to 5,000 cfs at 8am | 275,000 cfs all day | 285,000 cfs all day | 295,000 cfs all day | 305,000 cfs all day | 315,000 cfs all day | |
| August 2026 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 15,000 cfs all day | ||||||
| 25,000 cfs all day | 35,000 cfs all day | 45,000 cfs all day | 55,000 cfs all day | 65,000 cfs all day | 75,000 cfs all day | 85,000 cfs all day |
| 95,000 cfs all day | 105,000 cfs all day | 115,000 cfs all day | 125,000 cfs all day | 135,000 cfs all day | 144,750 cfs all day | 15Ramping down to 4,500 cfs |
| 164,500 cfs all day | 174,500 cfs all day | 184,500 cfs all day | 194,500 cfs all day | 204,500 cfs all day | 21Ramping down to 4,000 cfs | 224,000 cfs all day |
| 23Ramping down to 3,500 cfs | 243,500 cfs all day | 253,500 cfs all day | 263,500 cfs all day | 27Ramping down to 3,000 cfs | 28Ramping down to 2,500 cfs | 292,500 cfs all day |
| 302,500 cfs all day | 312,500 cfs all day | |||||