Windigo River above Muskrat Dam Lake water level

What this means

The Windigo River above Muskrat Dam Lake is running below normal at 27.91 m.

The median for mid-October is 28.16 m, based on 20 years of readings, so the water level is 0.25 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 28.09 m, a difference of −0.19 m.

It has dropped 0.06 m over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 27.87 m and 28.04 m.

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

Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

28.16 m0.25 m below the median for this date

Normal for this date

27.82 m – 28.70 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)

Same day last year

28.09 m−0.19 m

Lowest and highest in 30 days

27.87 m – 28.04 m

Lowest and highest in 12 months

27.87 m – 28.15 m