Peace River at Bowling Green water level

What this means

Low water at Peace River at Bowling Green: the gauge reads 46.77 ft, below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 48.58 ft, based on 14 years of readings, so the river stage is 1.81 ft below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 46.46 ft, a difference of +0.31 ft.

It is still going down, by 0.32 ft over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. The 30-day range is 45.72 ft – 48.70 ft.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, and it usually takes a few days of steady rain to change that.

Compared with 14 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

48.58 ft1.81 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

46.46 ft – 55.81 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (14 years of records)

Same day last year

46.46 ft+0.31 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

45.72 ft – 48.70 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

44.71 ft – 47.63 ft