Salmon River at Murray water level

Name: Salmon River at Murray water level (Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada)
Creator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

River gauge, Salmon River, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Normal for mid-October

Water level

1.17m Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 03:05 AM ADT (1 hour ago)

Flow: 3.82 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The gauge at Salmon River at Murray reads 1.17 m, a normal level for mid-October.

That puts it 0.06 m below the median of 1.23 m for mid-October, based on 10 years of readings.

The water is rising: up 0.06 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 1.03 m and 1.36 m.

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

Compared with 10 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 1.23 m0.06 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 1.07 m – 1.64 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (10 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 1.03 m – 1.36 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 1.04 m – 1.40 m

Conditions at Salmon River at Murray

Paddlers should check the trend as well as the level; summer storms can raise rivers quickly.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 20 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 16° 3° 1.6 mm, 59% Wind 34 km/h

18 Sun 7° 0° – Wind 17 km/h

19 Mon 12° 1° – Wind 18 km/h

20 Tue 12° 6° – Wind 17 km/h

21 Wed 10° 3° – Wind 18 km/h

22 Thu 14° 2° – Wind 11 km/h

23 Fri 7° 4° – Wind 25 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:33 AM Sunset 06:24 PM Daylight 10 hr, 51 min First quarter 47%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
McClures Brook at Cobequid TrailRiver gauge, McClures Brook	1.01 m	Normal	−0.07 m	6.4 km
North River at North RiverRiver gauge, North River	2.07 m	Normal	+0.07 m	7.0 km
St Andrews River at StewiackeRiver gauge, St Andrews River	1.63 m	Normal	+0.05 m	29 km
Great Village River near Scrabble HillRiver gauge, Great Village River	1.26 m	Normal	+0.01 m	31 km
Middle River of Pictou at RocklinRiver gauge, Middle River of Pictou	0.56 m	Normal	+0.03 m	37 km
Wallace River at Wentworth CentreRiver gauge, Wallace River	93.26 m	No reference yet	+0.03 m	44 km
Bennery Lake Outlet near EnfieldRiver gauge, Bennery Lake Outlet	98.34 m	No reference yet	±0	58 km
Beaverbank River near KinsacRiver gauge, Beaverbank River	0.54 m	Normal	+0.03 m	68 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Salmon River at Murray in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 1.23 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 1.07 m and 1.64 m, based on 10 years of records.

Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?

No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 1.17 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Salmon River at Murray today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 03:05 AM ADT, the water level was 1.17 m. Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Salmon River at Murray rising or falling?

Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.12 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Salmon River at Murray normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 10 years of daily readings for this time of year.

How often is this data updated?

Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada publishes a new reading every hour. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence – Canada. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:01DH002 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 45.36917, -63.21544 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: station datum (assumed datum)
Update interval: every hour
Licence: Open Government Licence – Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	1.17 m	2026-10-18 06:05	Provisional
Flow	3.82 m³/s	2026-10-18 06:05	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Salmon River at Murray (eccc:01DH002). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/nova-scotia/salmon-river-at-murray

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Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer