Cam water level

What this means

The River Cam at Cam is above normal at 0.89 m.

That puts it 0.10 m above the median of 0.78 m for mid-October, based on 20 years of readings.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.86 m and 0.91 m.

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

Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

0.78 m0.10 m above the median for this date

Normal for this date

0.57 m – 0.95 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)

Normal range

0.58 m – 0.96 m

Lowest and highest in 30 days

0.86 m – 0.91 m

Lowest and highest in 12 months

0.87 m – 0.90 m

Highest on record

2.65 mJuly 20, 2007

Lowest on record

0.54 mAugust 24, 2011