Housatonic River near Great Barrington water level

What this means

The gauge at Housatonic River near Great Barrington reads 2.40 ft, a normal level for mid-October.

That puts it 0.23 ft below the median of 2.63 ft for mid-October, based on 25 years of readings. It is 6.60 ft below the flood stage of 9.00 ft. A year ago it stood at 1.88 ft (+0.52 ft).

The level is falling, down 0.15 ft over the past 24 hours. The forecast expects the river to fall to 2.20 ft by Tuesday, October 20 at 02:00 AM. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 1.76 ft and 2.69 ft.

Compared with 25 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

2.63 ft0.23 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

1.94 ft – 3.84 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (25 years of records)

Same day last year

1.88 ft+0.52 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

1.76 ft – 2.69 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

1.73 ft – 5.55 ft

Highest on record

12.08 ftJanuary 1, 1949

Forecast peak

2.30 ftMonday, October 19 at 08:00 AM