Irnham water level

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

River gauge, East Glen River, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Below the normal range

Water level

0.02m Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 05:45 BST (40 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.02 m, the East Glen River at Irnham is below normal.

The usual range here runs from 0.03 m to 1.01 m.

The water is rising: up 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between −0.09 m and 0.02 m.

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

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.03 m – 1.01 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: −0.09 m – 0.02 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: −0.09 m – 0.01 m
Highest on record: 1.95 mJuly 19, 2007
Lowest on record: 0.00 mJuly 20, 2005

On the river at Irnham

Low, clear water makes fish wary, and anglers often do better early and late in the day. For canoeists, shallow riffles mean scraped hulls and the odd portage.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 4.5 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 12° 5° 0.3 mm Wind 22 km/h

18 Sun 13° 7° 0.6 mm, 45% Wind 24 km/h

19 Mon 14° 9° 8.6 mm, 94% Wind 20 km/h

20 Tue 13° 10° 1.8 mm, 47% Wind 18 km/h

21 Wed 11° 8° 10 mm, 49% Wind 25 km/h

22 Thu 14° 5° 0.6 mm, 36% Wind 22 km/h

23 Fri 12° 7° 12 mm, 65% Wind 39 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:35 AM Sunset 06:00 PM Daylight 10 hr, 25 min First quarter 56%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Burton CogglesRiver gauge, West Glen River	−0.12 m	Lowest on record	+0.01 m	5.2 km
Pointon LodeRiver gauge	−0.14 m	Very low	±0	9.4 km
Little BythamRiver gauge, River Tham	0.04 m	Normal	+0.01 m	9.8 km
Castle BythamRiver gauge, River Tham	0.26 m	Normal	±0	9.9 km
Billingborough OusemereRiver gauge, South Forty Foot Drain	0.05 m	Low	+0.01 m	11 km
ColsterworthRiver gauge, River Witham	0.10 m	Normal	+0.03 m	11 km
North WithamRiver gauge, River Witham	0.12 m	Normal	±0	12 km
Dowsby FenRiver gauge, South Forty Foot Drain	0.84 m	Normal	+0.07 m	13 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the East Glen River at Irnham?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.03 m to 1.01 m for this gauge.

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

What is the water level of Irnham today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 05:45 BST, the water level was 0.02 m. Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Irnham rising or falling?

Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Irnham normal?

Below the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Irnham?

The highest level on record is 1.95 m on July 19, 2007. The lowest is 0.00 m on July 20, 2005.

How often is this data updated?

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

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:E2896 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 52.83322, -0.46065 (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	0.02 m	2026-10-19 04:45	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Irnham (ea:E2896). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/lincolnshire/irnham

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