Rio De La Plata at Highway 2 near Toa Alta water level

What this means

The Rio De La Plata at Highway 2 near Toa Alta is at 3.48 ft, in the normal range for mid-October.

That puts it 0.10 ft above the median of 3.38 ft for mid-October, based on 37 years of readings. It is 12.52 ft below the flood stage of 16.00 ft. A year ago it stood at 3.60 ft (−0.12 ft).

It has risen 0.10 ft over the past 24 hours. There is still 12.52 ft of room before flood stage. In the last month it has stayed between 3.37 ft and 4.04 ft.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, until steadier rain returns.

Compared with 37 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

3.38 ft0.10 ft above the median for this date

Normal for this date

2.45 ft – 6.82 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (37 years of records)

Same day last year

3.60 ft−0.12 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

3.37 ft – 4.04 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

3.26 ft – 8.70 ft

Highest on record

37.40 ftSeptember 13, 1928