1/2/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
Delaware, Ramapo River watersheds flowing much above normal
Lake Champlain receding from flood stage
Up to the minute NY water news for Tuesday, January 2, 2024 - last updated 922 am EST
Floods and streamflow update from USGS WaterWatch
Lake Champlain continues to recede Tuesday, sensors currently recording a depth 99.35 feet deep at Port Henry where flood stage occurs at 99.5 ft deep. No extreme high flows or flooding registering extreme high or low flows.
Normal to much above normal streamflows Tuesday in northeast St Lawrence River and Lake Champlain north-flowing watersheds. Central state drainage basin flowing generally southward toward Long Island Sound flows are mostly normal with a handful of much above normal readings in the Upper Hudson River watershed. Mostly seasonal normal flows across the northwest basin flowing toward the Great Lakes with one station in the Genesee River watershed coming in much below normal. Southwest-flowing Allegheny River watershed continues to send seasonal normal flows to the Mississippi system via Ohio River. The south Atlantic drainage area of NYS is rated above normal to much above normal, with the highest flows in Delaware and Ramapo River watershed sending surface water south to Chesapeake Bay.
Drought Map USGS 7-day average streamflow against seasonal average
The NYS drought map cleared over the weekend, no part of the state is rated below normal or any variety of drought Tuesday.
Drinking Water Advisories
Plattsburgh BWA for some customers on Broad St and Ollivetti Place remains this morning. See the yellow tags on the map for details.
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