Choctawhatchee River near Newton water level

What this means

The Choctawhatchee River near Newton is at 3.99 ft, in the normal range for mid-October.

That puts it 0.39 ft above the median of 3.61 ft for mid-October, based on 50 years of readings. It is 15.01 ft below the flood stage of 19.00 ft. A year ago it stood at 3.32 ft (+0.67 ft).

It has dropped 0.10 ft over the past 24 hours. The forecast expects the river to fall to 4.00 ft by Sunday, October 18 at 08:00 PM. In the last month it has stayed between 2.91 ft and 10.69 ft.

Compared with 50 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

3.61 ft0.39 ft above the median for this date

Normal for this date

2.14 ft – 4.84 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (50 years of records)

Same day last year

3.32 ft+0.67 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

2.91 ft – 10.69 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

2.89 ft – 10.69 ft

Highest on record

42.00 ftMarch 15, 1929

Forecast peak

4.00 ftSunday, October 18 at 08:00 PM