Barton Spgs at Austin water level

What this means

At 21.69 ft, the Barton Spgs at Austin is below normal for mid-October.

That puts it 0.64 ft below the median of 22.33 ft for mid-October, based on 27 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 21.64 ft (+0.05 ft).

The level is falling, down 0.05 ft over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 21.64 ft and 21.88 ft.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, and it usually takes a few days of steady rain to change that. The sensor also reports a water temperature of 72 °F.

Compared with 27 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

22.33 ft0.64 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

21.25 ft – 24.70 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (27 years of records)

Same day last year

21.64 ft+0.05 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

21.64 ft – 21.88 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

21.34 ft – 22.84 ft