Forest Row water level

What this means

At −0.04 m, the River Medway at Forest Row is at a record low.

It has now dropped past the published record low of 0.00 m (July 15, 2003). The usual range here runs from 0.04 m to 1.82 m.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between −0.05 m and 0.03 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

Normal range

0.04 m – 1.82 m

Lowest and highest in 30 days

−0.05 m – 0.03 m

Lowest and highest in 12 months

−0.03 m – −0.01 m

Highest on record

2.26 mDecember 24, 2013

Lowest on record

0.00 mJuly 15, 2003

Lowest on record

0.04 m below the lowest level on record