Muddy River at Brookline water level

What this means

Low water at Muddy River at Brookline: the gauge reads 7.69 ft, below normal for mid-October.

That puts it 0.15 ft below the median of 7.84 ft for mid-October, based on 24 years of readings. It is 7.31 ft below the flood stage of 15.00 ft. A year ago it stood at 8.08 ft (−0.39 ft).

It is still going down, by 0.06 ft over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 7.16 ft – 8.38 ft.

Compared with 24 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

7.84 ft0.15 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

7.60 ft – 8.90 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (24 years of records)

Same day last year

8.08 ft−0.39 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

7.16 ft – 8.38 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

6.96 ft – 8.38 ft

Highest on record

16.63 ftDecember 10, 2014