Steamboat Geyser ties historical yearly eruption record
The Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park tied decades-old records when it erupted for the 29th time in 2018 Wednesday.
Yellowstone National Park reports the last time the geyser erupted 29 times was back in 1964. This is the most recorded times the geyser has erupted in a year.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the geyser erupted at 8:37 p.m.
It has been 7 days, 1 hour and 27 minutes since it last erupted.
Over the past few weeks, the geyser has been following a semi-regular pattern of erupting about every five to seven days.
The National Park Service has listed all recorded major eruptions below. Others may have occurred, but were not necessarily seen if there were no observers in Norris Geyser Basin. The intervals range from 4 days to 50 years.
Year # of Eruptions Interval 1878 At least 2 1890 At least 1 12 years 1891 At least 1 <1 year 1892 At least 1 <1 year 1894 At least 1 2 years 1902 At least 1 8 years 1911 At least 1 9 years 1961 At least 1 50 years 1962 At least 7 8-360 days 1963 26 6-32 days 1964 29 5-45 days 1965 22 7-50 days 1966 At least 10 11-77 days 1967 At least 3 15-310 days 1968 At least 3 42-150 days 1969 1 206 days 1978 2 9 years, 216 days; 147 days 1979 1 299 days 1982 23 4-43 days 1983 12 4-107 days 1984 5 19-93 days 1989 3 4.3 years-107 days 1990 1 237 days 1991 1 (October 2) 1 year, 120 days 2000 1 (May 2) 8 years, 214 days 2002 2 (April 26, September 13) 1 year, 359 days; 140 days 2003 3 (March 26, April 27, October 22) 193 days; 32 days; 178 days 2005 1 (May 23) 1 year, 213 days 2007 1 (Feb. 21) 1 years, 274 days 2013 1 (July 31) 6 years, 162 days 2014 1 (September 3) 1 year, 34 days 2018 26 (March 15,
April 19 & 27,
May 4, 13, 19, & 27,
June 4, 11, & 15,
July 6 & 20;
August 4, 22, & 27;
September 1, 7, 12, 17, 24, & 29;
October 8, 15, 23, and 31;
November 7, 15, 21, and 28 3 years, 193 days;
35 & 7 days;
7, 8, 6, & 7 days;
7, 6, & 4 days;
20 & 14 days;
14, 18, & 5 days;
5, 6, 5, 5, 7, & 5 days;
9, 7, 8, and 7 days;
7, 7, 6, and 7 days.
