Levee 8 Canal near Canal Point water level

What this means

Low water at Levee 8 Canal near Canal Point: the gauge reads 12.82 ft, below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 14.53 ft, based on 49 years of readings, so the canal level is 1.71 ft below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 13.93 ft, a difference of −1.11 ft.

It is still going down, by 0.10 ft over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. The 30-day range is 11.72 ft – 13.17 ft.

Compared with 49 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

14.53 ft1.71 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

11.90 ft – 15.96 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (49 years of records)

Same day last year

13.93 ft−1.11 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

11.72 ft – 13.17 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

10.76 ft – 14.14 ft