Lake Marion near Pineville water level

What this means

At 73.14 ft, Lake Marion near Pineville is far below normal for late October.

The median for late October is 74.60 ft, based on 7 years of readings, so the lake level is 1.46 ft below typical. It is 3.86 ft below the flood stage of 77.00 ft. On the same day last year the reading was 75.12 ft, a difference of −1.98 ft.

The water is rising: up 0.06 ft over the past 24 hours.

Lakes and reservoirs often sit lower in fall after a summer of evaporation and use, and recover with winter rain and spring snowmelt. The water temperature at the gauge is 70 °F.

Compared with 7 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

74.60 ft1.46 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

74.30 ft – 75.17 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (7 years of records)

Same day last year

75.12 ft−1.98 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

72.55 ft – 73.27 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

72.62 ft – 75.84 ft

Highest on record

76.76 ftDecember 19, 2009