Manatee River at SR 64 near Myakka Head water level

What this means

The Manatee River at SR 64 near Myakka Head is well above normal at 5.34 ft.

The median for mid-October is 2.49 ft, based on 52 years of readings, so the river stage is 2.85 ft above typical. It is 5.66 ft below the flood stage of 11.00 ft. On the same day last year the reading was 3.97 ft, a difference of +1.37 ft.

It has dropped 0.25 ft over the past 24 hours. The forecast expects the river to fall to 4.40 ft by Saturday, October 24 at 08:00 PM. In the last month it has stayed between 3.92 ft and 11.41 ft.

Compared with 52 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

2.49 ft2.85 ft above the median for this date

Normal for this date

1.45 ft – 4.22 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (52 years of records)

Same day last year

3.97 ft+1.37 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

3.92 ft – 11.41 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

2.76 ft – 11.41 ft

Highest on record

20.85 ftJune 21, 2003

Forecast peak

5.30 ftTuesday, October 20 at 02:00 PM