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BoatPicker

BoatPicker

BoatPicker is a marina in Chicago, Illinois. The marina is located on Lake Michigan.

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5.0on Google, 13 reviews
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Around here

Around BoatPicker

Twelfth Street Beach1.3 miOak Street Beach1.7 mi5 mi

Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical flow by month

1997 to 2006

The water at BoatPicker typically runs highest in August, at a median 439 cfs, and lowest in January, at 25 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,370 cfs, in 1997.

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Typical flow by month at Chicago River at Columbus Drive at Chicago, IL, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January25-17 to 117
February27-18 to 90
March26-19 to 102
April42-8.8 to 122
May7730 to 202
June299213 to 403
July410340 to 609
August439335 to 606
September378246 to 539
October19688 to 311
November566.0 to 134
December28-7.7 to 85

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 10 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Chicago River at Columbus Drive at Chicago, IL (site 05536123). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Sat

82Go/ 100

CloudyWaves 2.9 ft51°FRain 0%Wind 8 kt, gusts 17

Waves

2.3 ft @ 5s

Wind

6 kt

Gusts 17 kt

Air

33°F

Water level

-1.90 ft

Above normal (79th)

Air quality

28 Good

CHI_SP monitor, 9 km

National Weather ServiceBelow flood stage

Flood stage 3 ft. NWS reads -2.28 ft here.

NWS issues forecasts here only during high water.

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Flood stages and forecasts: NOAA National Weather Service. Air quality: Illinois EPA via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified. See full conditions →