Fox River at Rochester water level

What this means

The Fox River at Rochester is at 4.58 ft, in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 4.48 ft, based on 11 years of readings, so the river stage is 0.10 ft above typical. It is 1.42 ft below the flood stage of 6.00 ft. On the same day last year the reading was 4.55 ft, a difference of +0.03 ft.

It has risen 0.28 ft over the past 24 hours. There is still 1.42 ft of room before flood stage. In the last month it has stayed between 3.55 ft and 4.64 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

4.48 ft0.10 ft above the median for this date

Normal for this date

2.31 ft – 4.88 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)

Same day last year

4.55 ft+0.03 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

3.55 ft – 4.64 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

3.45 ft – 6.18 ft

Highest on record

6.29 ftApril 21, 2026