Powerscourt House water level

Name: Powerscourt House 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, Dargle, Wicklow, Ireland

Directions

Below the normal range

Water level

0.58m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 05:30 GMT+1 (27 min ago)

History

7 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The Dargle at Powerscourt House is running below normal at 0.58 m.

The usual range here runs from 0.59 m to 1.03 m.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 0.58 m and 0.61 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: 0.59 m – 1.03 m
Highest on record: 3.05 m

Fishing and paddling

At low levels, many rivers become a walk-and-paddle trip. Fish hold in deeper pools and spook easily.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the OPW and Met Éireann.

About the Dargle

The River Dargle is a river that flows from the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland to the Irish Sea. It forms Powerscourt Waterfall, receives the Glencree and Glencullen Rivers, and later the Glenmunder Stream / County Brook, and the Swan River at Bray, and reaches the sea at Bray Harbour.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

19 Mon 12° 6° 1.4 mm, 100% Wind 17 km/h

20 Tue 14° 8° 2.3 mm, 32% Wind 19 km/h

21 Wed 11° 6° 24 mm, 73% Wind 48 km/h

22 Thu 12° 6° 15 mm, 74% Wind 43 km/h

23 Fri 13° 6° 16 mm, 75% Wind 52 km/h

24 Sat 16° 6° 0.6 mm, 67% Wind 37 km/h

25 Sun 18° 9° 2.1 mm, 51% Wind 35 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:59 AM Sunset 06:22 PM Daylight 10 hr, 23 min First quarter 56%

Map

Other gauges on the Dargle

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Ravenswell RoadRiver gauge, Dargle	0.75 m	No reference yet	+0.45 m	5.6 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Anglesea RoadRiver gauge, Dodder	0.55 m	Normal	±0	17 km
HaynestownRiver gauge	0.54 m	Normal	±0	28 km
HazelhatchRiver gauge	0.22 m	Normal	±0	29 km
LeixlipRiver gauge, Ryewater	0.27 m	Normal	±0	29 km
TipperRiver gauge, Morell	0.22 m	Normal	±0	30 km
Clonee WeirRiver gauge, Tolka	0.19 m	Normal	±0	31 km
BroadmeadowRiver gauge	0.15 m	Normal	±0	33 km
KillasheeRiver gauge, Broadfield	0.17 m	Normal	±0	33 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the Dargle at Powerscourt House?

The Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) gives a typical range of 0.59 m to 1.03 m for this gauge.

Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?

No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 0.58 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Powerscourt House today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 05:30 GMT+1, the water level was 0.58 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Powerscourt House rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Powerscourt House normal?

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

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Powerscourt House?

The highest level on record is 3.05 m.

How often is this data updated?

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

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
Station code: opw:10051 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.18177, -6.17567 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: OD Malin Head OSGM15
Gauge zero: 72.026 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	0.58 m	2026-10-19 04:30	Provisional

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Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie): Powerscourt House (opw:10051). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/ireland/wicklow/powerscourt-house

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