About this river
Little Suncook River is a 3.4 mile stream near Contoocook River Canoe Co in New Hampshire. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Suncook River at North Chichester, NH (site 01089500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1918 to 2026
Little Suncook River typically runs highest in April, at a median 646 cfs, and lowest in September, at 30 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,000 cfs, in 1936.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 180 | 112 to 290 | |
| February | 160 | 114 to 252 | |
| March | 357 | 212 to 655 | |
| April | 646 | 366 to 968 | |
| May | 223 | 154 to 368 | |
| June | 115 | 59 to 184 | |
| July | 52 | 27 to 112 | |
| August | 34 | 18 to 73 | |
| September | 30 | 13 to 77 | |
| October | 49 | 23 to 138 | |
| November | 122 | 49 to 245 | |
| December | 195 | 108 to 350 |
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 69 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Suncook River at North Chichester, NH (site 01089500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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