Parc Saint-François, Sherbrooke 030208
Reading the latest value from Quebec's environment ministry…
Live readings are provisional: the agency publishes them before checking them and can revise them. CanoeMap shows the agency's numbers as published. See this gauge at the agency
Typical flow by month
Parc Saint-François, Sherbrooke 030208
Flow is typically highest in April (289 m³/s) and lowest in September (51.8 m³/s).
| Month | Typical flow (m³/s) | Middle half of days |
|---|---|---|
| January | 128 | 110 – 164 |
| February | 111 | 96.5 – 133 |
| March | 167 | 121 – 257 |
| April | 289 | 179 – 473 |
| May | 172 | 101 – 264 |
| June | 116 | 63.1 – 188 |
| July | 89.5 | 47.6 – 141 |
| August | 70.5 | 42.8 – 122 |
| September | 51.8 | 34.1 – 133 |
| October | 85.5 | 62.4 – 129 |
| November | 102 | 77.0 – 142 |
| December | 161 | 125 – 245 |
Flow: median of daily means, 11 complete years from 2009 to 2024.
When does the spring peak come?
Computed from the agency's published daily means: for each year, the highest day between March 1 and July 31.
Parc Saint-François, Sherbrooke (030208): over 11 complete years from 2009 to 2024, the highest daily flow between March and July came around April 16 (the median date). In 5 of those 11 years it came between March 31 and May 16. The median peak was 959 m³/s; the highest in the period, 1,630 m³/s, came on April 16, 2014.
About the gauges
Parc Saint-François, Sherbrooke
- Station number
- 030208
- Official name
- Saint-François - au parc Saint-François, en face de l'embouchure de la rivière Magog
- Agency
- Quebec's environment ministry
- Municipality
- Sherbrooke
- Drainage area
- 7 930 km²
- Flow regime, as the ministry classes it
- influenced (Influencé)
- Federal station number
- 02OE005
Canoe routes on the Saint-François River
Questions
What is the Saint-François River water level today?
The reading at the top of this page comes from Quebec's environment ministry each time the page loads, for gauge 030208 (Parc Saint-François, Sherbrooke). The table of typical values shows whether the reading is high or low for the season.
When does the Saint-François River peak in spring?
Parc Saint-François, Sherbrooke (030208): over 11 complete years from 2009 to 2024, the highest daily flow between March and July came around April 16 (the median date). In 5 of those 11 years it came between March 31 and May 16. The median peak was 959 m³/s; the highest in the period, 1,630 m³/s, came on April 16, 2014.
Live readings: Données Québec, "Stations débit/niveau - Grand public", CC BY 4.0. Typical values: validated historical series from Quebec's environment ministry. CanoeMap computes the typical values and the peak dates from those archives.