Taylor Creek at Grassy Island near Okeechobee water level

What this means

Low water at Taylor Creek at Grassy Island near Okeechobee: the gauge reads 17.09 ft, below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 17.95 ft, based on 22 years of readings, so the river stage is 0.86 ft below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 18.15 ft, a difference of −1.06 ft.

It is still going down, by 0.65 ft over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. The 30-day range is 16.93 ft – 18.33 ft.

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

Compared with 22 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

17.95 ft0.86 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

17.05 ft – 18.38 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (22 years of records)

Same day last year

18.15 ft−1.06 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

16.93 ft – 18.33 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

16.93 ft – 18.39 ft