Walnut Creek at Sunnybrook Drive near Raleigh water level

What this means

Low water at Walnut Creek at Sunnybrook Drive near Raleigh: the gauge reads 2.28 ft, below normal for late October.

The median for late October is 2.41 ft, based on 30 years of readings, so the river stage is 0.13 ft below typical. It is 9.72 ft below the flood stage of 12.00 ft. On the same day last year the reading was 2.25 ft, a difference of +0.03 ft.

It is still going down, by 0.15 ft over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly.

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

Compared with 30 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

2.41 ft0.13 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

2.20 ft – 3.78 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (30 years of records)

Same day last year

2.25 ft+0.03 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

2.12 ft – 3.20 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

2.09 ft – 5.87 ft

Highest on record

17.03 ftSeptember 6, 1996