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Live river level, flow, historical records and forecast for Seine River near Ste. Anne in MB, Canada, built from official government gauge data.
The Seine River in the Seine watershed of Manitoba is monitored near Ste. Anne.
The seasonal pattern here is modest but real. The highest typical month is April at 253.29 m (831 ft), and the lowest typical month is February at 252.79 m (829.36 ft). That is a typical annual swing of 50.1 cm (19.7 in), so docks, low intakes, and bank access only need to handle a narrow range most years.
For people watching this reach through spring, the main shift is the move into April, when levels are typically highest. After that, the river settles back toward late winter levels. The station drains 577 km2 (223 sq mi) upstream of the gauge, so local rain and snowmelt in that area are what show up here.
The record high is 255.35 m (837.76 ft), set in April 2006. The record low is 252.46 m (828.27 ft), set in July 2021. That spread is about 2.89 m (9.49 ft) between the two extremes.
The record year span is 62 years, which gives a useful picture of how far this river can move beyond its usual seasonal band. No fastest 24-hour rise is listed for this station, so there is no verified warning-time figure to quote here.
The hero number on this page is best read against the median level for the same calendar day, not as a raw elevation by itself. A single water level can look ordinary or extreme depending on the season, while the day-of-year median shows whether the river is running above or below its usual state for that date.
This station’s record spans 62 years. For Manitoba river gauges, the operating agency is Water Survey of Canada.
Readings come from official government gauges and are rolled into daily records: the daily mean, high and low for every day on record. Each calendar day gets its own baseline from the full history, so the level you see is compared against what this specific date usually looks like rather than an annual average.
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The level right now, in feet or metres, updated as the source agency publishes new readings - for many stations that is every five to fifteen minutes. How today compares to typical: every location carries its own typical-for-this-date band built from its historical record, so a reading is never just a number - it is above, below, or near what this water usually does on this calendar day. Which way it is moving: a measured RISING, FALLING, or STEADY verdict computed from the gauge's own recent readings, with the rate of change - the difference between a flood ending and one beginning. What comes next: level forecasts up to 72 hours ahead, driven by the gauge's recent behaviour, upstream water, and quantitative precipitation forecasts, alongside live radar, lightning, and weather for the surrounding region.
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