Buntingford water level

What this means

The River Rib at Buntingford is running at a record low at 0.05 m.

No reading on record has been lower: the old record low was 0.05 m, from September 3, 2005. That puts it 0.02 m below the median of 0.07 m for mid-October, based on 21 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 0.06 m (−0.01 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 0.05 m and 0.08 m.

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

0.07 m0.02 m below the median for this date

Normal for this date

0.05 m – 0.12 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)

Normal range

0.06 m – 1.30 m

Same day last year

0.06 m−0.01 m

Lowest and highest in 30 days

0.05 m – 0.08 m

Lowest and highest in 12 months

0.03 m – 0.43 m

Highest on record

1.58 mOctober 21, 2001

Lowest on record

0.05 mSeptember 3, 2005

Lowest on record

0.01 m below the lowest level on record