Missouri River at Laframboise Island at Pierre water level

What this means

The gauge at Missouri River at Laframboise Island at Pierre reads 21.48 ft, a normal level for mid-October.

That puts it 0.24 ft below the median of 21.72 ft for mid-October, based on 30 years of readings. It is 7.52 ft below the flood stage of 29.00 ft. A year ago it stood at 20.72 ft (+0.76 ft).

The level is falling, down 0.21 ft over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 19.94 ft and 22.83 ft.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, until steadier rain returns.

Compared with 30 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

21.72 ft0.24 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

20.88 ft – 23.80 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (30 years of records)

Same day last year

20.72 ft+0.76 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

19.94 ft – 22.83 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

19.84 ft – 22.96 ft

Highest on record

33.45 ftJune 22, 2011