Hessle Western Drain water level

What this means

The gauge at Hessle Western Drain reads 0.06 m, a normal level for late October.

The median for late October is 0.05 m, based on 16 years of readings, so the river level is 0.01 m above typical. A year ago it stood at 0.06 m as well.

The water is rising: up 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.04 m and 0.16 m.

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

Compared with 16 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

0.05 m0.01 m above the median for this date

Normal for this date

−0.01 m – 0.14 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (16 years of records)

Normal range

0.03 m – 1.35 m

Same day last year

0.06 m0.00 m

Lowest and highest in 30 days

0.04 m – 0.16 m

Lowest and highest in 12 months

0.05 m – 0.50 m

Highest on record

1.58 mAugust 10, 2014

Lowest on record

0.00 mJuly 20, 2015