gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM CDT · 2 hours ago
Usual range
5.02 to 5.33 ft
USGS marks recent readings as provisional: they can be revised after review.
No National Weather Service alert covering Orleans Parish was active when this page was generated (Oct 23, 2026 at 5:05 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.
Last 7 days
Hourly averages of USGS readings. The shaded band is this gauge's usual range: the middle 80% of its readings since September 11, 2026.
How to read this gauge
Gage height is the height of the water surface above this gauge's own zero point, which sits at -5.91 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -5.91 ft to get the water surface elevation.
