Mississippi River At Cape Girardeau

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Hydrograph

Stage Color Key
29 ft - Near Flood 32 ft - Minor Flood 37 ft - Moderate Flood 42 ft - Major Flood

Latest Observation: Saturday March 7th, 2026 03:30 AM CST
River Status: Normal

  Height Flow
Currently 15.89 ft 166 kcfs
Record 48.86 ft 1118484 cfs

Forecast
  Date (CST) Stage (ft) Flow (kcfs)
  Wednesday 12/31/1969 06:00 PM 0.00 N/A
  Friday 03/06/2026 06:00 PM 17.00 180.00
  Saturday 03/07/2026 12:00 AM 16.50 174.00
  Saturday 03/07/2026 06:00 AM 16.00 167.00
  Saturday 03/07/2026 12:00 PM 15.60 162.00
  Saturday 03/07/2026 06:00 PM 15.30 159.00
  Sunday 03/08/2026 12:00 AM 15.10 156.00

Observation
  Date (CST) Stage (ft) Flow (kcfs)
Friday 03/06/2026 05:30 PM 17.04 181.00
Friday 03/06/2026 06:00 PM 17.01 180.00
Friday 03/06/2026 06:30 PM 16.99 180.00
Friday 03/06/2026 07:00 PM 16.93 179.00
Friday 03/06/2026 07:30 PM 16.87 178.00
Friday 03/06/2026 08:00 PM 16.84 178.00
Friday 03/06/2026 08:30 PM 16.77 177.00
Friday 03/06/2026 09:00 PM 16.63 175.00
Friday 03/06/2026 09:30 PM 16.66 176.00
Friday 03/06/2026 10:00 PM 16.63 175.00
Friday 03/06/2026 10:30 PM 16.56 174.00
Friday 03/06/2026 11:00 PM 16.51 174.00
Friday 03/06/2026 11:30 PM 16.43 173.00
Saturday 03/07/2026 12:00 AM 16.34 172.00
Saturday 03/07/2026 12:30 AM 16.29 171.00
Saturday 03/07/2026 01:00 AM 16.23 170.00
Saturday 03/07/2026 01:30 AM 16.17 170.00
Saturday 03/07/2026 02:00 AM 16.08 168.00
Saturday 03/07/2026 02:30 AM 16.03 168.00
Saturday 03/07/2026 03:00 AM 15.95 167.00

Data Courtesy of the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
Script Courtesy of Dennis at East Masonville Weather with mods by Saratoga-weather.org