Little Rouge Creek near Locust Hill water level

What this means

Little Rouge Creek near Locust Hill is running below normal at 10.22 m.

That puts it 0.03 m below the median of 10.25 m for late October, based on 21 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 10.41 m (−0.19 m).

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 10.19 m and 10.32 m.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, and it usually takes a few days of steady rain to change that.

Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

10.25 m0.03 m below the median for this date

Normal for this date

10.21 m – 10.38 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)

Same day last year

10.41 m−0.19 m

Lowest and highest in 30 days

10.19 m – 10.32 m

Lowest and highest in 12 months

10.19 m – 10.69 m