Charles River at First St at Cambridge water level

What this means

The Charles River at First St at Cambridge is at 107.94 ft, in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 107.73 ft, based on 19 years of readings, so the water level is 0.21 ft above typical. On the same day last year the reading was 108.12 ft, a difference of −0.18 ft.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 106.76 ft and 108.32 ft.

Compared with 19 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

107.73 ft0.21 ft above the median for this date

Normal for this date

107.47 ft – 108.18 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (19 years of records)

Same day last year

108.12 ft−0.18 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

106.76 ft – 108.32 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

106.76 ft – 107.98 ft