Kentucky River at Lock 3 at Gest water level

What this means

The Kentucky River at Lock 3 at Gest is running far below normal at 8.27 ft.

The median for mid-October is 9.88 ft, based on 13 years of readings, so the river stage is 1.61 ft below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 9.62 ft, a difference of −1.35 ft.

It has dropped 0.26 ft over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 7.78 ft and 10.66 ft.

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

Compared with 13 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

9.88 ft1.61 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

9.16 ft – 13.34 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (13 years of records)

Same day last year

9.62 ft−1.35 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

7.78 ft – 10.66 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

9.30 ft – 21.15 ft

Highest on record

60.50 ftJanuary 1, 1937