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Holgate water level

River gauge, Holgate Beck, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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Right now

Normal for mid-October

Water level

0.02m Steady over the last 24 hours

0 1 3 4 Highest onrecord 2.38 m Lowest on record -0.13 m

History

History
-0.00.30.50.8mOct 10Oct 12Oct 14Oct 16Oct 17Bottom of normal range-0.00.30.50.8mOct 10Oct 14Oct 17Bottom of normal range
-0.00.5mSep 17Sep 25Oct 2Oct 10Oct 17Bottom of normal range-0.00.5mSep 18Oct 2Oct 17Bottom of normal range
-0.00.51.0mOct 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026Jul 2026Oct 2026Bottom of normal range-0.00.51.0mOct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026Bottom of normal range
-0.00.51.0mJanMarMayJulSepNov2026-0.00.51.0mJanAprJulOct2026

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %) Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Holgate, where the gauge shows 0.02 m.

The median for mid-October is 0.04 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the river level is 0.02 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.04 m, a difference of −0.02 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.01 m – 0.30 m.

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

Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date
0.04 m0.02 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.00 m – 0.86 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Normal range
0.00 m – 3.55 m
Same day last year
0.04 m−0.02 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.01 m – 0.30 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.01 m – 0.95 m
Highest on record
2.38 mJuly 12, 2008
Lowest on record
−0.13 mJanuary 4, 2009

For anglers and canoeists

This is an ordinary level for the river: most put-ins, beats and weirs behave as they usually do.

Many angling and canoe clubs check gauges like this one before heading out.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.8 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 12° 6° – Wind 20 km/h
18 Sun 13° 6° 0.2 mm, 25% Wind 16 km/h
19 Mon 14° 10° 1.0 mm, 65% Wind 19 km/h
20 Tue 13° 10° 0.7 mm, 45% Wind 16 km/h
21 Wed 11° 7° 11 mm, 43% Wind 20 km/h
22 Thu 12° 4° 5.8 mm, 39% Wind 19 km/h
23 Fri 11° 6° 41 mm, 74% Wind 35 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:36 AM Sunset 06:05 PM Daylight 10 hr, 29 min First quarter 43%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Clifton Ings OutfallRiver gauge, River Ouse 5.27 m Low −0.03 m 0.6 km
RawcliffeRiver gauge, Blue Beck 0.12 m Normal −0.01 m 1.6 km
Viking RecorderRiver gauge, River Ouse 0.29 m Normal −0.03 m 1.8 km
York Castle Mills SluicesRiver gauge, River Foss 7.57 m Normal ±0 2.5 km
York Foss BarrierRiver gauge, Browney Dyke 5.26 m Normal −0.03 m 2.5 km
York Foss BarrierRiver gauge, River Ouse 5.26 m Normal −0.03 m 2.5 km
SkeltonRiver gauge, River Ouse 0.74 m Normal −0.04 m 3.4 km
HuntingtonRiver gauge, River Foss 0.70 m Low ±0 3.4 km

Questions and answers

Is Holgate Beck at Holgate higher than last year?

No, it is 0.02 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.04 m.

What is a normal level for Holgate Beck at Holgate in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.04 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.00 m and 0.86 m, based on 21 years of records.

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 Holgate today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 21:15 BST, the water level was 0.02 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Holgate rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.18 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Holgate normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Holgate?

The highest level on record is 2.38 m on July 12, 2008. The lowest is −0.13 m on January 4, 2009.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
Operator
Environment Agency
Station code
ea:L2452 (Agency page)
Coordinates
53.96464, -1.11103 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 0.02 m 2026-10-17 20:15 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Holgate (ea:L2452). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/north-yorkshire/holgate

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.