Walla Walla River near Touchet water level

What this means

The Walla Walla River near Touchet is at 2.61 ft, in the normal range for mid-October.

That puts it 0.22 ft below the median of 2.83 ft for mid-October, based on 28 years of readings. It is 10.39 ft below the flood stage of 13.00 ft. A year ago it stood at 3.02 ft (−0.41 ft).

It has risen 0.06 ft over the past 24 hours. The forecast expects the river to rise to 2.87 ft by Friday, October 23 at 05:00 AM. There is still 10.39 ft of room before flood stage. In the last month it has stayed between 2.37 ft and 2.78 ft.

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

Key numbers

Median for this date

2.83 ft0.22 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

2.37 ft – 3.07 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (28 years of records)

Same day last year

3.02 ft−0.41 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

2.37 ft – 2.78 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

2.06 ft – 14.59 ft

Highest on record

20.58 ftFebruary 10, 1996

Forecast peak

2.87 ftFriday, October 23 at 05:00 AM