Portage-Burns Waterway at Portage water level

What this means

The Portage-Burns Waterway at Portage is at 5.05 ft, in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 4.78 ft, based on 18 years of readings, so the canal level is 0.27 ft above typical. On the same day last year the reading was 4.16 ft, a difference of +0.89 ft.

It has risen 0.22 ft over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 4.23 ft and 6.74 ft.

Compared with 18 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

4.78 ft0.27 ft above the median for this date

Normal for this date

3.06 ft – 7.59 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (18 years of records)

Same day last year

4.16 ft+0.89 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

4.23 ft – 6.74 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

3.14 ft – 6.13 ft

Highest on record

9.93 ftApril 30, 2020