Garners Bayou near Humble water level

What this means

Garners Bayou near Humble is running below normal at 33.60 ft.

The median for mid-October is 34.01 ft, based on 28 years of readings, so the river stage is 0.41 ft below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 33.72 ft, a difference of −0.12 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 33.55 ft and 35.15 ft.

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

Compared with 28 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

34.01 ft0.41 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

33.48 ft – 37.38 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (28 years of records)

Same day last year

33.72 ft−0.12 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

33.55 ft – 35.15 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

33.59 ft – 41.44 ft