Water report · Rappahannock River
Running low for early November. Above 21% of past November 1s on record.
Updated 11:00 PM UTC, Nov 1
266 cfs puts Rappahannock River in the 21st percentile for November 1, against 119 years of record.
The median for this date is 565 cfs, and half of all November 1s on record fell between 296 and 1,120.
Over the last 7 days, Rappahannock River ran between 576 and 1,620 cfs, lowest on Aug 6 and highest on Aug 7.
That is 47.0 cfs higher than on Aug 6.
Over the last 30 days, Rappahannock River ran between 116 and 1,620 cfs, lowest on Jul 20 and highest on Aug 7.
That is 379 cfs higher than on Jul 14.
Over the last 90 days, Rappahannock River ran between 116 and 3,210 cfs, lowest on Jul 20 and highest on May 25.
That is 305 cfs higher than on May 15.
Over the last 12 months, Rappahannock River ran between 116 and 5,060 cfs, lowest on Jul 20 and highest on Feb 21.
That is 85.0 cfs lower than on Nov 1.
No member has posted conditions here lately. The gauge says what the water is doing; an angler who was standing in it says what that felt like.
Post a reportUSGS monitoring location 01668000, RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER NEAR FREDERICKSBURG, VA, 2.1 miles from the center of Rappahannock River. Provisional data, subject to revision. Values refresh every 30 minutes. Gauge readings describe the river at that point; conditions upstream and downstream will differ.
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 01668000, RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER NEAR FREDERICKSBURG, VA, 2.1 miles from the center of Rappahannock River. It reports gage height, turbidity, discharge and water temperature. Values refresh every 30 minutes and are provisional until the agency reviews them. Gauge readings describe the river at that point; conditions upstream and downstream will differ.
The gauge is half the picture. The other half is what came out of the water: verified catches, the current record, and the anglers holding it.
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