DISSOLVED POTASSIUM

The measurements shown below were made at USGS station 01209710, located on the Norwalk River near the Perry Avenue bridge. All of the measurements are in milligrams per liter, as K. For details about the data, press here.

The highest reading, 5.3, occurred in 12/93, and the lowest, .5, in 3/93. All of the readings above 3.5 (9 percent of the samples), are shown in red and all that are below 2.0 (another 9 percent), are in blue.

 Averages by
Season and by
5-year Period:
 
(Overall = 2.84)
Jan-Mar2.38
Apr-Jun 2.61
Jul-Sep 3.03
Oct-Dec 3.28
1980-84 0.000
1985-89 0.000
1990-94 2.79
1995-99 2.90

YearJanFebMar AprMayJunJulAug SepOctNovDec
1991                   3.4 3.9 2.3
1992 2.3   2.3 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.7   2.5
1993   2.4 2.5
.5
1.9
2.0
2.2
1.9
2.1
2.2
2.5
2.9
2.9
2.8
3.0
2.9
3.0
3.3
3.3
3.4
3.3
3.1
3.1
1.0
3.4
2.5
3.4
3.4
3.8
3.8
3.4
4.8
3.6
3.3
2.4
5.3
1994 3.3 .9
2.3
2.0
2.1
1.8
2.2
2.3
1.6
2.4
2.6
2.2
2.2
2.5
2.6
3.1
2.6
2.7
3.0
3.1
3.1
3.2
1.9
2.9
3.0
3.0
3.4
2.7
3.0
3.4 3.6 3.5 3.0
1995 2.2 2.6 2.1 2.6 3.1 3.1 3.2
3.0
3.4 2.4 3.4    
1996 3.7 2.7   2.7   2.8 3.4 3.4 3.0 3.0   2.3
1997   2.2   2.2 2.4 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.3