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New Mexico Kayak Instruction, Inc.

New Mexico Kayak Instruction, Inc.

New Mexico Kayak Instruction, Inc. is a paddling school in Santa Fe.

Paddling School / InstructionLessonsKayaking
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Disciplines
Lessons, Kayaking

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Typical flow by month

1936 to 2024

The water at New Mexico Kayak Instruction, Inc. typically runs highest in May, at a median 6.5 cfs, and lowest in January, at 0.9 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 72 cfs, in 1942.

Typical flow by month at Tesuque Creek above Diversions near Santa FE, NM, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January0.90.6 to 1.0
February0.90.7 to 1.2
March1.41.0 to 2.8
April3.91.4 to 6.4
May6.51.9 to 11
June3.11.0 to 7.1
July1.50.8 to 2.1
August1.20.6 to 2.4
September1.00.6 to 1.8
October1.10.7 to 1.6
November0.90.7 to 1.4
December0.90.6 to 1.1

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 42 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Tesuque Creek above Diversions near Santa FE, NM (site 08302500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

40Maybe/ 100 conditions scoreBest day: Sun, Sep 27 (89)

Streamflow

5.1 cfs

Much above normal (95th)

Water level

5.52 ft

High today

72°F

Wind

19 kt

Gusts 35 kt

Rain chance

51%

Week ahead

Tue72°F51%
Wed60°F96%
Thu69°F96%
Fri69°F56%
Sat73°F19%
Sun76°F5%
Mon63°F29%

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF).

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