Little Pee Dee River near Conway water level

What this means

The Little Pee Dee River near Conway is running far below normal at 10.91 ft.

The median for late October is 12.61 ft, based on 6 years of readings, so the river stage is 1.70 ft below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 14.71 ft, a difference of −3.80 ft.

It has dropped 0.07 ft over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 10.23 ft and 11.16 ft.

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

Compared with 6 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

12.61 ft1.70 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

11.15 ft – 16.22 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (6 years of records)

Same day last year

14.71 ft−3.80 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

10.23 ft – 11.16 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

9.78 ft – 14.30 ft

Highest on record

22.70 ftSeptember 25, 2018