Croghan water level

Name: Croghan water level (Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie))
Creator: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

River gauge, Little Brosna, Offaly, Ireland

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.54m

Measured Oct 17, 2026, 01:00 AM GMT+1 (16 min ago)

History

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What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Croghan, where the gauge shows 0.54 m.

The usual range here runs from 0.21 m to 1.63 m.

The 30-day range is 0.54 m – 0.56 m.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.21 m – 1.63 m
Highest on record: 2.33 m

For anglers and canoeists

This is an ordinary level for the river: most put-ins, beats and weirs behave as they usually do.

Many angling and canoe clubs check gauges like this one before heading out.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 13 mm. Rain upstream usually reaches a river gauge after hours to days.

17 Sat 12° 1° – Wind 9 km/h

18 Sun 13° 0° – Wind 7 km/h

19 Mon 12° 1° – Wind 13 km/h

20 Tue 14° 7° 0.5 mm, 50 % Wind 24 km/h

21 Wed 10° 5° 23 mm, 51 % Wind 36 km/h

22 Thu 11° 4° 1.8 mm, 46 % Wind 21 km/h

23 Fri 8° 6° 25 mm, 86 % Wind 40 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:02 AM Sunset 06:34 PM Daylight 10h 32m First quarter 35 %

Map

Other gauges on the Little Brosna

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
New Bridge Little BrosnaRiver gauge, Little Brosna	0.27 m	Normal		5.0 km
MilltownEstuary gauge, Little Brosna	0.48 m	Normal		15 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	Distance
SyngefieldRiver gauge, Camcor	0.43 m	Normal	2.8 km
BanagherRiver gauge, Shannon	2.16 m	Normal	11 km
Victoria LockRiver gauge, Canal	2.01 m	Normal	13 km
Meelick WeirRiver gauge, Shannon	0.68 m	Normal	13 km
MoystownRiver gauge, Brosna	0.59 m	Normal	15 km
MillbrookEstuary gauge, Silver	0.66 m	Normal	15 km
Derryholmes d/sRiver gauge, Shannon	2.54 m	Normal	17 km
Derryholmes u/sRiver gauge, Shannon	2.59 m	Normal	17 km

Questions and answers

How high and low has the Little Brosna at Croghan been?

The highest reading on record is 2.33 m.

How often is Croghan updated?

Several times an hour. New readings from Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) appear here as they arrive. Latest: Oct 17, 2026, 01:00 AM GMT+1.

What is the water level of Croghan today?

On Oct 17, 2026, 01:00 AM GMT+1, the water level was 0.54 m. Normal.

Is the level of Croghan normal?

Within the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Croghan?

The highest level on record is 2.33 m on –.

How often is this data updated?

Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie), the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the CC BY 4.0. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
Station code: opw:25021 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.10174, -7.92046 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: OD Malin Head OSGM15
Gauge zero: 39.062 m
Update interval: every 15 minutes
Licence: CC BY 4.0. Contains Irish Public Sector Information licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence (source waterlevel.ie - provided by the Office of Public Works)

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level `stage`	0.54 m	2026-10-17 00:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie): Croghan (opw:25021). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/ireland/offaly/croghan

How we check values

Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.

Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer