Cooper River at Ports Authority Pier K Charleston water level

What this means

Low water at Cooper River at Ports Authority Pier K Charleston: the gauge reads 11.63 ft, far below normal for mid-October.

That puts it 1.40 ft below the median of 13.04 ft for mid-October, based on 10 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 13.34 ft (−1.71 ft).

It is still going down, by 0.49 ft over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 10.88 ft – 15.85 ft.

The sensor also reports a water temperature of 73 °F.

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

Key numbers

Median for this date

13.04 ft1.40 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

12.54 ft – 13.30 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (10 years of records)

Same day last year

13.34 ft−1.71 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

10.88 ft – 15.85 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

11.32 ft – 14.27 ft