About this river
Lehigh River is an 11.6 mile river near Whitewater Challengers in Pennsylvania. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Lehigh R bl Francis E Walter Res nr White Haven PA (site 01447800). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1961 to 2025
Lehigh River typically runs highest in March, at a median 748 cfs, and lowest in September, at 187 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,000 cfs, in 1996.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 461 | 307 to 827 | |
| February | 457 | 309 to 717 | |
| March | 748 | 447 to 1,120 | |
| April | 708 | 470 to 1,160 | |
| May | 594 | 392 to 918 | |
| June | 381 | 223 to 690 | |
| July | 260 | 162 to 435 | |
| August | 239 | 121 to 399 | |
| September | 187 | 115 to 429 | |
| October | 311 | 146 to 636 | |
| November | 471 | 262 to 805 | |
| December | 564 | 353 to 914 |
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 65 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Lehigh R bl Francis E Walter Res nr White Haven PA (site 01447800). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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