Cypress Lake West Outflow Canal water level

Name: Cypress Lake West Outflow Canal water level (Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada)
Creator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

Canal gauge, Saskatchewan, Canada

Directions

Very low for mid-October

Water level

0.25m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 12:30 PM CST (2 hours ago)

Flow: 0.00 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

20252026

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

At 0.25 m, the Cypress Lake West Outflow Canal is far below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 0.42 m, based on 16 years of readings, so the canal level is 0.17 m below typical. A year ago it stood at 0.25 m as well.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.23 m and 0.26 m.

Compared with 16 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 0.42 m0.17 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.29 m – 0.77 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (16 years of records)
Same day last year: 0.25 m0.00 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.23 m – 0.26 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.23 m – 0.39 m

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

18 Sun 13° 0° – Wind 16 km/h

19 Mon 15° 1° – Wind 18 km/h

20 Tue 12° 4° – Wind 22 km/h

21 Wed 17° 4° – Wind 22 km/h

22 Thu 19° 8° – Wind 17 km/h

23 Fri 12° 1° 5.7 mm, 52% Wind 44 km/h

24 Sat 2° -2° 2.6 mm, 43% Wind 45 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:45 AM Sunset 06:23 PM Daylight 10 hr, 39 min First quarter 52%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Cypress Lake West Inflow Canal DrainCanal gauge	0.35 m	Very low	±0	1.7 km
Cypress Lake West Inflow CanalCanal gauge	0.19 m	Low	±0	2.2 km
Battle Creek below Wilson'S WeirRiver gauge, Battle Creek	1.08 m	Very high	±0	4.6 km
Richardson Ditch near ConsulRiver gauge, Richardson Ditch	0.68 m	Normal	±0	13 km
Cypress LakeLake	974.12 m	Very low	+0.02 m	14 km
Belanger Creek Diversion to Cypress LakeCanal gauge	0.03 m	Very low	±0	16 km
McKinnon Ditch near ConsulRiver gauge, McKinnon Ditch	0.53 m	Low	±0	17 km
Cypress Lake East Outflow CanalCanal gauge	1.19 m	Normal	±0	17 km

Questions and answers

Is the Cypress Lake West Outflow Canal higher than last year?

It is about the same as on this day last year, when the reading was 0.25 m.

What is a normal level for the Cypress Lake West Outflow Canal in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.42 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.29 m and 0.77 m, based on 16 years of records.

Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?

No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 0.25 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Cypress Lake West Outflow Canal today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 12:30 PM CST, the water level was 0.25 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Cypress Lake West Outflow Canal rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Cypress Lake West Outflow Canal normal?

Very low for mid-October. Compared with 16 years of daily readings for this time of year.

How often is this data updated?

Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada publishes a new reading every hour. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:11AB077 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 49.47067, -109.58931 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: station datum (assumed datum)
Update interval: every hour
Licence: Open Government Licence – Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	0.25 m	2026-10-18 18:30	Provisional
Flow	0.00 m³/s	2026-10-18 18:30	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Cypress Lake West Outflow Canal (eccc:11AB077). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/saskatchewan/cypress-lake-west-outflow-canal

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