Adams River near Squilax water level

What this means

The Adams River near Squilax is running below normal at 33.4 m³/s.

That puts it 12.80 m³/s below the median of 46.2 m³/s for mid-October, based on 20 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 31.6 m³/s (+1.80 m³/s).

It has dropped 0.90 m³/s over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 32.6 m³/s and 40.4 m³/s.

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

Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

46.2 m³/s12.8 m³/s below the median for this date

Normal for this date

29.2 m³/s – 60.4 m³/s8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)

Same day last year

31.6 m³/s+1.80 m³/s

Lowest and highest in 30 days

32.6 m³/s – 40.4 m³/s

Lowest and highest in 12 months

29.7 m³/s – 41.7 m³/s