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USGS Daily Statistics for Pennsylvania

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[!] Over the next year, the USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center will be updating the geodetic vertical elevation (gage datum) for many locations. Click HERE for additional information including a current list of streamgages with upcoming datum changes. This update in gage datum does not affect the location of the streamgage, nor the observed local gage height or discharge recorded at the streamgage.


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USGS 01570500 Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, PA


Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Hydrologic Unit Code 02050305
Latitude  40°15'17", Longitude  76°53'11" NAD27
Drainage area 24,100  square miles
Gage datum 290.01 feet above NGVD29
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00060, Discharge, cubic feet per second,
Day of
month		 Mean of daily mean values for each day for water year of record in, ft3/s   (Calculation Period 1890-10-01 -> 2023-09-30)

Calculation period restricted by USGS staff due to special conditions at/near site
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1 39,200 34,900 57,700 87,700 50,600 34,900 22,300 13,200 12,000 17,700 24,700 37,200
2 39,100 34,500 60,700 87,700 50,800 32,700 21,300 13,400 13,000 17,200 23,700 37,600
3 39,400 34,700 60,200 87,100 48,600 31,400 20,500 13,300 12,600 16,900 23,800 37,300
4 39,200 36,400 58,400 86,200 46,800 31,500 19,500 13,300 12,200 16,300 23,700 36,400
5 37,700 37,400 58,600 84,800 47,500 31,700 19,100 13,400 12,700 15,300 23,400 36,400
6 37,300 35,400 64,400 85,900 47,100 30,600 18,300 13,000 12,300 14,700 23,900 36,100
7 38,200 35,000 66,800 86,500 46,600 30,300 17,400 12,400 13,200 14,100 23,600 35,500
8 39,200 35,300 68,200 84,500 46,900 29,300 16,600 12,300 15,500 13,900 23,100 35,100
9 39,800 34,200 66,000 82,100 46,700 27,700 16,500 12,000 14,800 14,000 23,900 35,100
10 39,200 32,800 65,700 80,600 45,400 26,000 17,100 11,800 13,900 14,900 26,000 34,300
11 36,800 32,700 68,100 78,300 45,100 24,900 17,600 12,100 14,300 15,600 26,200 34,700
12 35,000 35,500 70,400 74,400 46,100 24,000 16,500 12,300 13,800 15,600 25,800 36,200
13 34,700 35,700 72,400 71,000 47,600 23,700 15,400 12,400 12,700 15,800 25,900 36,400
14 35,400 35,600 73,800 69,300 49,000 23,800 15,000 12,800 12,400 16,000 26,600 37,800
15 36,900 38,400 75,900 70,700 48,600 23,600 15,100 13,000 12,000 16,200 26,400 39,400
16 36,800 40,700 77,700 73,200 46,200 23,500 14,400 13,000 11,500 16,400 26,200 40,500
17 35,600 41,600 77,000 73,800 45,200 24,600 14,500 12,500 12,200 16,700 27,800 38,800
18 34,400 42,100 76,800 72,200 44,100 25,200 14,000 11,600 13,600 16,700 29,500 37,200
19 33,200 42,700 77,000 66,500 43,200 24,500 13,200 12,600 16,400 17,500 30,400 35,300
20 35,000 42,100 75,000 61,800 43,500 24,000 13,600 13,300 16,300 19,000 30,200 34,300
21 37,100 42,500 72,900 60,100 44,800 23,100 13,500 12,600 14,200 20,600 30,200 33,600
22 38,900 45,400 73,800 60,500 46,900 25,900 13,400 11,800 13,200 21,700 29,800 34,000
23 40,600 47,600 76,100 60,100 47,400 30,400 14,400 11,500 12,900 21,900 29,300 34,400
24 41,500 49,500 78,100 58,100 46,000 29,300 15,100 12,400 13,900 21,800 28,200 35,100
25 43,400 52,900 78,600 56,300 42,800 26,300 16,100 13,800 13,800 22,000 27,500 37,100
26 44,800 56,400 77,400 55,700 41,300 23,500 16,900 12,700 15,600 22,200 28,800 38,400
27 44,500 58,300 77,900 55,600 39,900 21,600 15,900 11,500 17,400 21,900 30,800 37,100
28 42,700 56,800 83,000 54,400 38,800 21,400 14,400 11,100 17,100 22,400 33,000 35,800
29 39,500 47,900 87,200 53,300 39,000 22,200 14,400 11,300 17,000 22,800 36,200 34,400
30 36,300   87,700 51,300 38,800 22,500 14,200 11,800 16,400 24,400 38,200 34,700
31 35,200   87,600   37,400   13,600 12,100   25,700   37,700