Buffalo Bayou at Piney Point water level

What this means

Low water at Buffalo Bayou at Piney Point: the gauge reads 28.30 ft, below normal for mid-October.

That puts it 3.06 ft below the median of 31.36 ft for mid-October, based on 34 years of readings. It is 23.70 ft below the flood stage of 52.00 ft. A year ago it stood at 27.88 ft (+0.42 ft).

It is still going down, by 0.09 ft over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. The 30-day range is 27.89 ft – 35.36 ft.

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

Compared with 34 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

31.36 ft3.06 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

27.97 ft – 41.71 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (34 years of records)

Same day last year

27.88 ft+0.42 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

27.89 ft – 35.36 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

27.77 ft – 35.77 ft

Highest on record

62.84 ftAugust 31, 2017