Quinnipiac River

River in Connecticut, read from 2 USGS gauges, draining about 115 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

114

cfs · 47 min ago

Normal for today

87.0

cfs median, 96 yrs

Water temp

°F · 1283d ago

Gage height

2.93

Normal for the date131% of medianUSGS gauge 01196500

Thirty-day mean discharge · 71.3–876 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
QUINNIPIAC RIVER AT WALLINGFORD, CT01196500	114 cfs	53°F	47 min ago
QUINNIPIAC RIVER AT SOUTHINGTON, CT01195490	12.8 cfs	—	1h ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 87.0 cfs over 96 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 59.0 and 131 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Quinnipiac River

Quinnipiac River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on West Branch Farmington River (26 mi), Housatonic River (35 mi), Millers River (72 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Quinnipiac River
Insect	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Blue-Winged Olive	January: absent	February: absent	March: active	April: peak	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: peak	October: peak	November: active	December: absent
Caddis	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: active	May: peak	June: peak	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: peak	November: absent	December: absent
Hendrickson	January: absent	February: absent	March: active	April: peak	May: peak	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Light Cahill	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: peak	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Sulphur	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: peak	June: peak	July: active	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Terrestrials	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: active	July: active	August: peak	September: peak	October: active	November: absent	December: absent
Isonychia	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: peak	October: peak	November: absent	December: absent
March Brown	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: peak	June: peak	July: active	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Alder Fly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Brown Drake	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: active	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Golden Stonefly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: active	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Midge	January: peak	February: peak	March: active	April: active	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: active	November: peak	December: peak

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Reports

From anglers on Quinnipiac River

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