North Killingholme Outfall Wits water level

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

River gauge, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

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Surface elevation

1.16m Down 0.28 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST (25 min ago)

History

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Surface elevation

What this means

North Killingholme Outfall Wits reads 1.16 m as of 20 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

It has dropped 0.28 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 1.10 m and 5.03 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −0.04 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: 1.10 m – 5.03 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 1.23 m – 1.51 m

Fishing and paddling

Watch the direction of travel. A rising river after rain behaves very differently from one that is dropping and clearing.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 5.2 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 9° 0.2 mm Wind 24 km/h

19 Mon 14° 11° 8.1 mm, 100% Wind 25 km/h

20 Tue 13° 11° 10 mm, 69% Wind 17 km/h

21 Wed 13° 7° 10 mm, 68% Wind 22 km/h

22 Thu 11° 5° 0.2 mm, 36% Wind 18 km/h

23 Fri 12° 6° 27 mm, 67% Wind 34 km/h

24 Sat 12° 5° 1.0 mm, 38% Wind 27 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:38 AM Sunset 05:55 PM Daylight 10 hr, 18 min First quarter 67%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
East Halton Skitter SluiceRiver gauge	0.35 m	No reference yet	−0.07 m	3.5 km
ImminghamTidal gauge	−0.07 m	No reference yet	−1.04 m	5.0 km
ImminghamTidal gauge	3.98 m	No reference yet	−1.25 m	5.0 km
ImminghamTidal gauge	0.08 m	No reference yet	−1.25 m	5.0 km
Thorngumbald Pumping StationRiver gauge, Thorngumbald Drain	0.32 m	High	−0.06 m	5.4 km
Habrough Marsh Drain Outfall Immingham WitsRiver gauge	3.14 m	No reference yet	−0.18 m	6.0 km
PaullRiver gauge	1.69 m	No reference yet	±0	6.3 km
Burstwick Hall Road BridgeRiver gauge, Burstwick Drain	0.57 m	Normal	+0.02 m	10 km

Questions and answers

Is North Killingholme Outfall Wits really 1.16 m deep?

No. 1.16 m is the height of the water surface above sea level (or the agency's vertical datum), not the depth of the water.

What is the water level of North Killingholme Outfall Wits today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST, the surface elevation was 1.16 m. Down 0.28 m over the last 24 hours.

Is North Killingholme Outfall Wits rising or falling?

Down 0.28 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.04 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of North Killingholme Outfall Wits 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:E4960
Coordinates: 53.66358, -0.23804 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: ODN
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
Surface elevation	1.16 m	2026-10-20 10:00	Provisional

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Environment Agency: North Killingholme Outfall Wits (ea:E4960). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/lincolnshire/north-killingholme-outfall-wits

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