Hayes River below Trout Falls water level

Name: Hayes River below Trout Falls 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

River gauge, Hayes River, Manitoba, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Flow

67.8m³/s Up 6.70 m³/s over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 12:35 AM CDT (2 hours ago)

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

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Flow Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Hayes River below Trout Falls, where the gauge shows 67.8 m³/s.

That puts it 20.4 m³/s above the median of 47.4 m³/s for mid-October, based on 20 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 20.1 m³/s (+47.7 m³/s).

It is on the way up, by 6.70 m³/s over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 56.3 m³/s – 83.3 m³/s.

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

Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 47.4 m³/s20.4 m³/s above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 20.7 m³/s – 102 m³/s8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Same day last year: 20.1 m³/s+47.7 m³/s
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 56.3 m³/s – 83.3 m³/s
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 15.2 m³/s – 84.8 m³/s

Freshet, ice and paddling

Open-water season is the time for canoe trips and fishing, though rapids change character with every few centimetres of water.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

About the Hayes River

The Hayes River is a river in Northern Manitoba, Canada, that flows from Molson Lake to Hudson Bay at York Factory. It was historically an important river in the development of Canada and is now a Canadian Heritage River and the longest naturally flowing river in Manitoba.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 0.6 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 10° 6° 1.5 mm, 94% Wind 35 km/h

19 Mon 12° 2° – Wind 22 km/h

20 Tue 12° 3° 0.3 mm Wind 15 km/h

21 Wed 11° 3° – Wind 17 km/h

22 Thu 13° 4° – Wind 14 km/h

23 Fri 16° 6° 0.4 mm, 42% Wind 16 km/h

24 Sat 12° 8° 8.4 mm, 65% Wind 24 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:58 AM Sunset 06:14 PM Daylight 10 hr, 16 min First quarter 57%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Back Lake near Oxford HouseLake, Back Lake	187.28 m	Normal	+0.06 m	13 km

Questions and answers

How does the Hayes River below Trout Falls compare with last year?

It is 47.7 m³/s higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 20.1 m³/s.

What is a normal level for the Hayes River below Trout Falls in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 47.4 m³/s. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 20.7 m³/s and 102 m³/s, based on 20 years of records.

What is the water level of Hayes River below Trout Falls today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 12:35 AM CDT, the flow was 67.8 m³/s. Up 6.70 m³/s over the last 24 hours.

Is Hayes River below Trout Falls rising or falling?

Up 6.70 m³/s over the last 24 hours. Up 6.20 m³/s over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Hayes River below Trout Falls normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 20 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.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence – Canada. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:04AA004 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 54.85639, -95.12000 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA 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
Flow	67.8 m³/s	2026-10-19 05:35	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Hayes River below Trout Falls (eccc:04AA004). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/manitoba/hayes-river-below-trout-falls

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Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer