Rye Meads Effluent at Rye Meads water level

Name: Rye Meads Effluent at Rye Meads water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

River gauge, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Water level

0.22m Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST (34 min ago)

History

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Water level

What this means

The latest river level reported for Rye Meads Effluent at Rye Meads is 0.22 m. There is no published reference for this river yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

The level is falling, down 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.19 m and 0.36 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to 0.00 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.19 m – 0.36 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.26 m – 0.29 m

On the river at Rye Meads Effluent at Rye Meads

There is no published typical range for this gauge yet, so anglers and canoeists are best guided by the trend.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 1.1 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 6° – Wind 22 km/h

18 Sun 14° 7° 2.9 mm, 71% Wind 23 km/h

19 Mon 14° 9° 0.9 mm, 72% Wind 13 km/h

20 Tue 14° 11° 1.8 mm, 43% Wind 14 km/h

21 Wed 13° 9° 4.2 mm, 49% Wind 22 km/h

22 Thu 15° 6° 0.7 mm, 39% Wind 21 km/h

23 Fri 13° 7° 14 mm, 68% Wind 44 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:33 AM Sunset 05:58 PM Daylight 10 hr, 25 min First quarter 67%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Roydon, Glen FabaRiver gauge, River Stort	1.44 m	Normal	±0	0.5 km
Hoddesdon, Rye BridgeRiver gauge, River Lee	2.85 m	Normal	+0.01 m	0.7 km
Lower NazeingRiver gauge, Nazeing Brook	1.01 m	Normal	±0	3.8 km
Harlow, Elizabeth WayRiver gauge, Canons Brook	0.05 m	Normal	−0.01 m	4.0 km
MardockRiver gauge, River Ash	0.10 m	Normal	±0	5.1 km
Tumbling Bay WeirRiver gauge, Amwell Loop	30.37 m	Normal	−0.04 m	5.2 km
Hertford, Hartham ParkRiver gauge, River Beane	0.18 m	Normal	−0.04 m	7.5 km
Cheshunt, Windmill LaneRiver gauge, Small River Lee	0.48 m	Normal	−0.03 m	7.8 km

Questions and answers

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 0.22 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Rye Meads Effluent at Rye Meads today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST, the water level was 0.22 m. Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Rye Meads Effluent at Rye Meads rising or falling?

Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Rye Meads Effluent at Rye Meads normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

How often is this data updated?

The Environment Agency publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from the Environment Agency, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:5302TH
Coordinates: 51.76912, 0.01623 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: station datum
Update interval: every 15 minutes
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Environment Agency data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	0.22 m	2026-10-20 09:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Rye Meads Effluent at Rye Meads (ea:5302TH). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/hertfordshire/rye-meads-effluent-at-rye-meads

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