2025-12-20T00:00:00-07:00
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... Strong northwest winds will spread across the northeast plains after sunrise today, with gusts 45 to 65 mph creating critical fire weather conditions despite somewhat marginal humidity values near 20%. Early Friday, westerly downslope winds will bring strong gusts to the Front Range mountains and foothills, with potential for these to spread into wind-favored portions of the adjacent lower elevations. Peak gusts of 70-90 mph are increasing in likelihood for the windiest locations (considerably lower for areas along and east of I-25). With a warmer and drier air mass in place, humidity values in the teens look to extend into much of the foothills, and certainly across the lower elevations. Such conditions may be a longer duration than usual, with potential for low humidity to extend into the evening hours prior to the arrival of a front. The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a Fire Weather Watch for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from Friday morning through Friday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 215, 216, 241, 243, 245, 246 and 247. * TIMING...From Friday morning through late Friday evening. * WINDS...West 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 80 mph in and near the foothills. West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph for areas roughly along and east of I-25. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 10 to 15%. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be favorable for rapid fire spread. Avoid outdoor burning and any activity that may produce a spark and start a wildfire.
Summary
Total streamflow across the
Susquehanna River
was last observed at
31,924
cfs, and is expected to yield approximately
63,320
acre-ft of water today; about 14%
of normal.
River levels are low and may signify a drought.
Average streamflow for this time of year is
220,952 cfs,
with recent peaks last observed
on
2011-09-09 when daily discharge volume was observed at
3,832,200 cfs.
Maximum discharge along the river is currently at the
Susquehanna River At Wilkes-Barre
reporting a streamflow rate of 9,790 cfs.
However, the streamgauge with the highest stage along the river is the
Susquehanna River At Marietta
with a gauge stage of 33.2 ft.
This river is monitored from 16 different streamgauging stations along the Susquehanna River, the highest being situated at an altitude of 979 ft, the
Susquehanna River At Unadilla Ny.
River Details
| Last Updated | 2025-12-18 |
| Discharge Volume | 63,320 ACRE-FT |
| Streamflow |
31,924.0 cfs
+781.0 cfs (+2.51%) |
| Percent of Normal | 14.45% |
| Maximum |
3,832,200.0 cfs
2011-09-09 |
| Seasonal Avg | 220,952 cfs |
River Streamflow Levels
| Streamgauge | Streamflow | Gauge Stage | 24hr Change (%) | % Normal | Minimum (cfs) | Maximum (cfs) | Air Temp | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Susquehanna River At Unadilla Ny
USGS 01500500 |
684 cfs | 3.39 ft | -4.07 | |||||
|
Susquehanna River At Bainbridge Ny
USGS 01502632 |
2290 cfs | 3.67 ft | -0.43 | |||||
|
Susquehanna River At Windsor Ny
USGS 01502731 |
6330 cfs | 4 ft | 390.7 | |||||
|
Susquehanna River At Conklin Ny
USGS 01503000 |
2410 cfs | 3.41 ft | 14.76 | |||||
|
Susquehanna River At Vestal Ny
USGS 01513500 |
3460 cfs | 4.4 ft | -5.21 | |||||
|
Susquehanna River At Owego Ny
USGS 01513831 |
3240 cfs | 14.42 ft | -6.9 | |||||
|
Susquehanna River Near Waverly Ny
USGS 01515000 |
3990 cfs | 2.24 ft | 1.27 | |||||
|
Susquehanna River At Towanda
USGS 01531500 |
3490 cfs | 0.98 ft | 2.65 | |||||
|
Susquehanna River At Meshoppen
USGS 01533400 |
3490 cfs | 8.61 ft | 28.31 | |||||
|
Susquehanna River At Wilkes-Barre
USGS 01536500 |
9790 cfs | 3.47 ft | -4.02 | |||||
|
Susquehanna River At Bloomsburg
USGS 01538700 |
4080 cfs | 1.56 ft | -1.69 | |||||
|
Susquehanna River At Danville
USGS 01540500 |
4750 cfs | 6.61 ft | 6.74 | |||||
|
Susquehanna River At Sunbury
USGS 01554000 |
8340 cfs | 6.9 ft | -4.25 | |||||
|
Susquehanna River At Harrisburg
USGS 01570500 |
8130 cfs | 3.45 ft | -16.36 | |||||
|
Susquehanna River At Marietta
USGS 01576000 |
7320 cfs | 33.2 ft | 5.32 | |||||
|
Susquehanna River At Conowingo
USGS 01578310 |
4860 cfs | 9.24 ft | 0 |
Seasonal Discharge Comparison
Maximum Streamflow Discharge
Streamflow Elevation Profile
The Susquehanna River (; Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic United States. At 444 miles (715 km) long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the United States that drains into the Atlantic Ocean. With its watershed, it is the 16th-largest river in the United States, and the longest river in the early 21st-century continental United States without commercial boat traffic.
The Susquehanna River forms from two main branches: the "North Branch", which rises in Cooperstown, New York, and is regarded by federal mapmakers as the main branch or headwaters, and the West Branch, which rises in western Pennsylvania and joins the main branch near Northumberland in central Pennsylvania.
The river drains 27,500 square miles (71,000 km2), including nearly half of the land area of Pennsylvania. The drainage basin (watershed) includes portions of the Allegheny Plateau region of the Appalachian Mountains, cutting through a succession of water gaps in a broad zigzag course to flow across the rural heartland of southeastern Pennsylvania and northeastern Maryland in the lateral near-parallel array of mountain ridges. The river empties into the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay at Perryville and Havre de Grace, Maryland, providing half of the Bay's freshwater inflow. The Chesapeake Bay is the ria of the Susquehanna.