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Mississippi River

River in Louisiana, read from 2 USGS gauges, draining about 1,130,000 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

330,000

cfs · 51 min ago

Normal for today

265,000

cfs median, 15 yrs

Water temp

78

°F · 1h ago

Gage height

10.48

ft

Normal for the date125% of medianUSGS gauge 07374525
Thirty-day mean discharge · 164,000–337,000 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
Mississippi River at Belle Chasse, LA07374525330,000 cfs—51 min ago
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, LA07374000339,000 cfs78°F1h ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 265,000 cfs over 15 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 217,000 and 373,000 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.

Reports

From anglers on Mississippi River

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