Table 3-8. Highest and Lowest Water Levels
Location
Observation
Period
Mean
Range
(feet)
Highest Water Levels
Above Mean High Water
(feet)
Lowest Water Levels
Below Low Water
(feet)
Average
Yearly
Highest
Extrême
High
Date of
Record
Average
Yearly
Lowest
Extrême
Low
Date of
Record
ATLANTIC COAST
Eastport, Maine
1930-69
18.2
3.9
4.9
21 Dec 68
3.9
4.4
7 Jan 43
Portland, Maine
1912-69
9.0
2.8
4.0
30 Nov 44
2.8
3.7
23 May 59
30 Dec 63
30 Nov 55
Bar Harbor, Maine
1947-70
10.5
3.1
4.3
20 Nov 45
29 Dec 59
2.8
3.6
30 Dec 53
Portsmouth, N.H.
1927-70
8.1
2.8
3.7
30 Nov 44
2.7
3.4
30 Nov 55
Boston, Mass.
1922-70
9.5
3.0
4.4
29 Dec 59
29 Dec 59
3.1
3.8
25 Jan 28
Woods Hole, Mass.
1933-70
1.8
2.9
9.2
21 Sep 38
2.0
2.7
24 Mar 40
8Jan 68
Providence, R.I.
1938-47
4.6
3.7
13.1
21 Sep 38
2.5
3.4
5 Jan 59
Newport, R.I.
1957-70
1931-70
3.5
2.7
10.0
21 Sep 38
2.1
2.9
25 Jan 36
New London, Conn.
1938-70
2.6
3.2
8.1
21 Sep 38
2.3
3.4
11 Dec 43
Willets Point, N.Y.
1932-70
7.1
3.8
9.6
21 Sep 38
3.2
4.1
24 Mar 40
Battery, N.Y.
1920-70
4.5
2.9
5.7
12 Sep 60
3.0
4.0
8 Mar 32
Montauk, N.Y.
1948-70
2.1
3.2
6.6
31 Aug 54
1.9
2.6
5Jan 59
8 Feb 51
Sandy Hook, N.J.
1933-70
4.6
3.1
5.7
12 Sep 60
2.9
4.1
31 Dec 62
Atlantic City, NJ.
1912-20
4.1
2.8
5.2
14 Sep 44
2.7
3.7
8 Mar 32
Philadelphia, Pa.
1923-70
1900-20
5.9
2.2
4.7
25 Nov 50
3.1
6.7
31 Dec 62
Lewes, Del.
Breakwater Harbor
1922-70
1936-70
4.1
3.0
5.4
6 Mar 62
2.5
3.0
28 Mar 55
Baltimore, Md.
1902-70
1.1
2.3
6.7
23 Aug 33
3.4
5.0
24 Jan 08
Annapolis, Md.
1929-70
0.9
2.2
5.4
23 Aug 33
2.8
3.8
31 Dec 62
Solomons Island, Md.
1938-70
1.2
2.0
3.4
13 Aug 55
2.1
3.4
31 Dec 62
Washington, D.C.
1931-70
2.9
2.8
8.4
17 Oct 42
2.9
3.9
31 Dec 62
Portsmouth, Va.
1935-70
2.8
3.0
5.7
18 Sep 36
2.0
2.4
25 Jan 36
4 Dec 42
8 Feb 59
3-89