Apopka-Beauclair Canal near Astatula water level

What this means

The Apopka-Beauclair Canal near Astatula is running far below normal at 61.77 ft.

The median for mid-October is 66.58 ft, based on 68 years of readings, so the river stage is 4.81 ft below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 66.60 ft, a difference of −4.83 ft.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 61.75 ft and 66.75 ft.

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

Compared with 68 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

66.58 ft4.81 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

65.24 ft – 67.09 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (68 years of records)

Same day last year

66.60 ft−4.83 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

61.75 ft – 66.75 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

64.21 ft – 66.81 ft