Missouri River below La Framboise Island, at Pierre water level

What this means

The Missouri River below La Framboise Island, at Pierre is running far below normal at 20.31 ft.

The median for late October is 21.24 ft, based on 17 years of readings, so the river stage is 0.93 ft below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 20.33 ft, a difference of −0.02 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 19.82 ft and 22.40 ft.

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

Compared with 17 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

21.24 ft0.93 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

20.84 ft – 22.75 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (17 years of records)

Same day last year

20.33 ft−0.02 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

19.82 ft – 22.40 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

19.02 ft – 22.40 ft