Coquitlam Lake Forebay water level

What this means

Coquitlam Lake Forebay is below normal for mid-October, with the water level at 45.12 m.

That puts it 1.86 m below the median of 46.98 m for mid-October, based on 11 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 47.60 m (−2.48 m).

It has dropped 0.05 m over the past 24 hours. With the water still dropping, the shoreline keeps moving out. In the last month it has stayed between 45.12 m and 46.01 m.

Many reservoirs are drawn down through summer and fall; most of the refill comes later, with winter rain or spring snowmelt.

Compared with 11 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

46.98 m1.86 m below the median for this date

Normal for this date

44.44 m – 49.47 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)

Same day last year

47.60 m−2.48 m

Lowest and highest in 30 days

45.12 m – 46.01 m

Lowest and highest in 12 months

45.19 m – 54.12 m