About this river
Hoh River is a 17.2 mile river near Olympic Peninsula Guide Service in Washington. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Hoh River at US Highway 101 near Forks, WA (site 12041200). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1961 to 2026
Hoh River typically runs highest in December, at a median 2,920 cfs, and lowest in September, at 870 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 41,600 cfs, in 2007.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2,850 | 1,850 to 4,670 | |
| February | 2,290 | 1,600 to 3,610 | |
| March | 2,150 | 1,520 to 3,110 | |
| April | 1,860 | 1,475 to 2,515 | |
| May | 1,880 | 1,520 to 2,370 | |
| June | 1,915 | 1,555 to 2,385 | |
| July | 1,480 | 1,250 to 1,730 | |
| August | 1,050 | 874 to 1,300 | |
| September | 870 | 631 to 1,180 | |
| October | 1,360 | 703 to 2,390 | |
| November | 2,905 | 1,790 to 4,985 | |
| December | 2,920 | 1,840 to 4,870 |
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 65 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Hoh River at US Highway 101 near Forks, WA (site 12041200). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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