PADUCAH, Ky. (WSIL) -- The region has experienced a long stretch of days without rain recently which are affecting river levels throughout the region.
Most of the three-state region of southern Illinois, western Kentucky and southeast Missouri has not had a drop of measured rainfall in the entire month of October. This has contributed to a lower river levels.
This includes river level decreases in both the Mississippi and Ohio rivers in our region. Other rivers also saw water level decreases as well, including the Big Muddy River in southern Illinois.
Here is a list of river levels throughout the region as of October 23, at 10 a.m. according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. We also compared the drop in levels from where they were on September 29, 2024. These comparison is shown in parentheses.Â
Mississippi River
- Chester: 1.06 feet (decrease of nearly 5 feet since 9/29)
- Cape Girardeau: 6.87 feet (decrease of more than 6 feet since 9/29)
- Thebes: 5.87 feet (decrease of more than 6 feet since 9/29)
- Hickman: -1.61 feet (decrease of more than 15 feet since 9/29)
- New Madrid: -4.4 feet (decrease of more than 13 feet since 9/29)
- Tiptonville: -0.12 feet (decrease of more than 12 feet since 9/29)
- Caruthersville: -0.41 feet (decrease of more than 10 feet since 9/29)
Ohio River
- Shawneetown: 14.7 feet (decease of more than 2 feet since 9/29)
- Golconda: 29.69 feet (Roughly even since 9/29)
- Paducah: 15.85 feet (decrease of more than 2 feet since 9/29)
- Cairo: 7.47 feet (decrease of nearly 14 feet since 9/29)
Big Muddy
- Plumfield: 3.01 feet (decrease of more than 9 feet since 9/29)
- Murphysboro: 3.65 feet (decrease of more than 9 feet since 9/29)
