Chocolate Bayou near Alvin water level

What this means

Chocolate Bayou near Alvin is at 11.31 ft, in the normal range for mid-October.

That puts it 1.10 ft above the median of 10.22 ft for mid-October, based on 28 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 10.25 ft (+1.06 ft).

It has risen 0.07 ft over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 11.20 ft and 12.41 ft.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, until steadier rain returns.

Compared with 28 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

10.22 ft1.10 ft above the median for this date

Normal for this date

9.92 ft – 12.98 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (28 years of records)

Same day last year

10.25 ft+1.06 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

11.20 ft – 12.41 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

10.20 ft – 28.97 ft