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EAST BRANCH

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East Branch Brandywine Creek below Downingtown, PA

EAST BRADFORD TOWNSHIP, PA39.9687°N, -75.6733°W Updated 31 min ago

FLOW RATE

47.1cfs

GAUGE HT

2.92ft

WATER TEMP

21°F

AIR TEMP

76°F

WIND

3mph SE

FISH INDEX

81SCORE / 100

GREAT · 4 OF 5

1D 7D 30D 1YR

Flow Rate Historical Avg

MEDIAN FLOW RATE · 1 DAY

47.1cfs 60.2% vs avg

Optimal band: 42–57 cfs

PERIOD HIGH

50.4cfs

PERIOD LOW

44.9cfs

RUNNABLE

100%

last 1 day in band

Gauge Height

2.92ft

Water Temperature

21.3°F

Water Turbidity

Precipitation History

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Weather Conditions

WEATHER CONDITIONS

TODAY

80°

70°

SUN

77°

68°

MON

85°

66°

TUE

89°

65°

WED

96°

70°

THU

99°

74°

FRI

96°

74°

TIME

SAT

NOW

SUN

MON

TUE

WED

THU

TEMP

hourly forecast

73°

mild

73°

77°

76°

74°

73°

71°

70°

69°

68°

69°

70°

72°

73°

74°

75°

77°

76°

77°

76°

73°

72°

71°

70°

69°

68°

67°

66°

69°

71°

74°

77°

80°

83°

85°

82°

79°

80°

79°

76°

72°

70°

69°

68°

67°

66°

65°

68°

72°

76°

79°

82°

85°

87°

88°

89°

88°

86°

84°

80°

75°

74°

73°

72°

71°

72°

71°

70°

72°

76°

81°

85°

89°

92°

94°

95°

96°

95°

92°

88°

85°

84°

83°

81°

80°

79°

78°

79°

81°

83°

86°

WIND

mph · gust · dir

2mph S

G 8 mph

ENE

NNE

G11

NNE

G12

NNE

G13

G12

ENE

G14

G12

ENE

G10

NNE

G10

NNE

G11

ENE

G10

G11

G12

ENE

G13

ENE

G13

G15

ENE

G12

G13

ESE

G16

G14

NNE

WSW

NNW

NNE

ENE

ESE

G13

SSE

G15

G17

G18

G16

SSE

G14

SSE

G13

G11

SSW

G10

G15

SSW

G20

G23

G27

SSW

G28

SSW

G28

SSW

G29

G30

G27

G26

G22

G15

WSW

G12

G11

G10

WNW

G11

G10

WSW

G18

G22

G26

G28

WSW

G25

WSW

G21

G16

WNW

G12

WNW

G11

G17

G20

NNW

G19

NNW

PRECIP

chance %

26%

31%

40%

31%

34%

31%

23%

19%

21%

14%

12%

10%

11%

10%

12%

14%

11%

16%

29%

25%

23%

24%

CLOUDS

cover %

100%

overcast

100%

58%

100%

97%

47%

26%

53%

100%

95%

100%

11%

12%

18%

30%

60%

72%

59%

57%

100%

98%

100%

11%

72%

50%

21%

16%

11%

12%

13%

100%

16%

78%

100%

39%

89%

100%

71%

24%

81%

88%

100%

10%

53%

10%

11%

41%

PRESSURE

hPa · trend

1008

TemperatureWind / GustsPrecipitationCloud coverPressure

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FISH INDEX

Temperature

Warm

Wind

Calm

Pressure

Falling — Active

Moon Phase

Average

DAYLIGHT

SUNRISE

05:36 AM

SUNSET

08:35 PM

14H 59M OF DAYLIGHT6H 4M REMAINING

MOON PHASE

Waxing Gibbous

94% illuminated

Station Location

39.9687, -75.6733

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DATA · USGS · NOAA · NWSUPDATED 2026-06-27 14:31 UTC

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