Lake of The Woods @ Springsteel Is near Warroad water level

What this means

Lake of The Woods @ Springsteel Is near Warroad is running below normal at 58.95 ft.

That puts it 0.43 ft below the median of 59.38 ft for mid-October, based on 39 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 59.12 ft (−0.17 ft).

It has dropped 0.05 ft over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 58.43 ft and 59.32 ft.

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

Compared with 39 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

59.38 ft0.43 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

58.63 ft – 60.16 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (39 years of records)

Same day last year

59.12 ft−0.17 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

58.43 ft – 59.32 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

57.99 ft – 59.86 ft