Calcasieu River near Lake Charles Yacht Club

Calcasieu River typically runs highest in February, at a median 2,960 cfs, and lowest in October, at 401 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 166,000 cfs, in 1953.

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 75 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Calcasieu River near Kinder, LA (site 08015500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.