Berry Bayou at Nevada St, Houston water level

What this means

Berry Bayou at Nevada St, Houston is running below normal at 15.48 ft.

The median for mid-October is 15.49 ft, based on 19 years of readings, so the river stage is 0.01 ft below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 15.47 ft, a difference of +0.01 ft.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 15.37 ft and 15.55 ft.

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

Compared with 19 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

15.49 ft0.01 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

15.48 ft – 15.55 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (19 years of records)

Same day last year

15.47 ft+0.01 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

15.37 ft – 15.55 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

15.42 ft – 17.02 ft