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UMD Recreational Sports Outdoor Program

UMD Recreational Sports Outdoor Program

UMD Recreational Sports Outdoor Program is a paddling school in Duluth. They offer sea kayaking. They rent paddlecraft.

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Disciplines
Lessons, Kayaking

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Typical flow by month

1974 to 2026

The water at UMD Recreational Sports Outdoor Program typically runs highest in April, at a median 252 cfs, and lowest in February, at 8.3 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,900 cfs, in 2012.

Typical flow by month at Knife River near Two Harbors, MN, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January9.04.4 to 15
February8.34.0 to 15
March188.6 to 37
April25299 to 490
May8151 to 161
June3919 to 85
July179.6 to 44
August106.2 to 20
September187.2 to 47
October2814 to 72
November3619 to 70
December178.6 to 28

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 52 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Knife River near Two Harbors, MN (site 04015330). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

63Maybe/ 100 conditions scoreBest day: Sun, Sep 27 (88)

Streamflow

6.5 cfs

Below normal (15th)

Water level

25.76 ft

High today

57°F

Wind

14 kt

Gusts 19 kt

Rain chance

0%

Week ahead

Tue57°F0%
Wed60°F1%
Thu61°F37%
Fri68°F3%
Sat58°F36%
Sun68°F28%
Mon74°F20%

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

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