Hudson River at Albany Gauge

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 Albany | Burtonsville | Cohoes | Schenectady | Troy | Waterford

Last Update: 3:30am EDT -- April 16, 2025
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Latest Observation


Normal

Current Stage: 1.66 ft
Current Flow: N/A

Historic Observations

Record Stage: 21.71 ft
Record Flow: N/A

Forecast
Time/Date Stage Flow Category
5:00am EDT -- April 16, 2025 4.00 ft N/A Normal
6:00am EDT -- April 16, 2025 4.60 ft N/A Normal
7:00am EDT -- April 16, 2025 4.80 ft N/A Normal
8:00am EDT -- April 16, 2025 4.60 ft N/A Normal
9:00am EDT -- April 16, 2025 4.00 ft N/A Normal
10:00am EDT -- April 16, 2025 3.10 ft N/A Normal
11:00am EDT -- April 16, 2025 2.20 ft N/A Normal
Previous 10 Observations
Time/Date Stage Flow Category
3:15am EDT -- April 16, 2025 1.15 ft N/A Normal
3:00am EDT -- April 16, 2025 0.54 ft N/A Normal
2:45am EDT -- April 16, 2025 0.18 ft N/A Normal
2:30am EDT -- April 16, 2025 0.09 ft N/A Normal
2:15am EDT -- April 16, 2025 0.02 ft N/A Normal
2:00am EDT -- April 16, 2025 0.04 ft N/A Normal
1:45am EDT -- April 16, 2025 0.13 ft N/A Normal
1:30am EDT -- April 16, 2025 0.23 ft N/A Normal
1:15am EDT -- April 16, 2025 0.35 ft N/A Normal
1:00am EDT -- April 16, 2025 0.47 ft N/A Normal

Normal: The water surface is below the top of its banks.

Action: The water surface is generally near or slightly above the top of its banks, but no man-made structures are flooded.

Minor: Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat (e.g., inundation of roads).

Moderate: Some inundation of structures and roads near stream. Some evacuations of people and/or transfer of property to higher elevations.

Major: Extensive inundation of structures and roads. Significant evacuations of people and/or transfer of property to higher elevations.

Flood Stage Impacts

17.00 ft.: Water reaches Broadway at Maiden Lane.

14.00 ft.: Water floods one lane of the approach to the Dunn Memorial Bridge, some basements along Broadway, and blocks access to the gage house.

13.00 ft.: Water floods the railroad tracks under Interstate 787.

12.00 ft.: Ramps of Interstate 787, underpass of Broadway near Madison Ave and Colonie Street, and the parking lot of the Village One apartments in Menands are flooded.

11.00 ft.: Minor flood stage.

9.00 ft.: Action stage.

8.00 ft.: Water reaches the Corning Preserve.

Hydrograph

Hydrograph

Gauge Location

Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.
Gauge reading may be affected by ice. Forecast flows are unadjusted for ice.
Forecasts are issued routinely year-round.

Source National Water Prediction Service / US Geological Survey