Swanage King Georges Field St Marys Church water level

What this means

Low water at Swanage King Georges Field St Marys Church: the gauge reads −0.03 m, at a record low.

That is below the previous record low of 0.00 m (September 3, 2004), so the gauge is setting a new low. The median for late October is 0.02 m, based on 20 years of readings, so the river level is 0.05 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was −0.02 m, a difference of −0.01 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly.

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

Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

0.02 m0.05 m below the median for this date

Normal for this date

−0.03 m – 0.07 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)

Normal range

0.02 m – 0.45 m

Same day last year

−0.02 m−0.01 m

Lowest and highest in 30 days

−0.05 m – 0.01 m

Lowest and highest in 12 months

−0.26 m – 0.05 m

Highest on record

0.55 mDecember 24, 2013

Lowest on record

0.00 mSeptember 3, 2004

Lowest on record

0.03 m below the lowest level on record