Allegheny River below Lock & Dam 6 at Clinton water level

What this means

The Allegheny River below Lock & Dam 6 at Clinton is at 9.91 ft, in the normal range for mid-October.

That puts it 0.21 ft above the median of 9.70 ft for mid-October, based on 11 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 9.74 ft (+0.17 ft).

It has risen 0.14 ft over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 9.58 ft and 12.06 ft.

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

Compared with 11 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

9.70 ft0.21 ft above the median for this date

Normal for this date

9.53 ft – 11.13 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)

Same day last year

9.74 ft+0.17 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

9.58 ft – 12.06 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

9.40 ft – 18.59 ft