Methow River near Pateros water level

What this means

At 1.59 ft, the Methow River near Pateros is below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 1.74 ft, based on 29 years of readings, so the river stage is 0.15 ft below typical. It is 8.41 ft below the flood stage of 10.00 ft. On the same day last year the reading was 1.61 ft, a difference of −0.02 ft.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. The forecast expects the river to fall to 1.55 ft by Friday, October 23 at 11:00 PM. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 1.47 ft and 1.60 ft.

Compared with 29 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

1.74 ft0.15 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

1.53 ft – 2.15 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (29 years of records)

Same day last year

1.61 ft−0.02 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

1.47 ft – 1.60 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

1.46 ft – 7.55 ft

Highest on record

12.25 ftMay 31, 1972

Forecast peak

1.60 ftSunday, October 18 at 05:00 AM