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Langham water level

River gauge, River Stour, Suffolk, United Kingdom

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Right now

Very low for mid-October

Water level

0.25m Steady over the last 24 hours

0 1 2 Highest onrecord 2.03 m Lowest on record 0.02 m

History

History
0.20.30.40.5mOct 16Oct 16Oct 16Oct 17Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.20.30.40.5mOct 16Oct 16Oct 17Bottom of normal range
0.51.0mOct 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026Jul 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range0.51.0mOct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
0.51.0mJanMarMayJulSepNov20260.51.0mJanAprJulOct2026

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

What this means

The River Stour at Langham is running far below normal at 0.25 m.

The median for mid-October is 0.38 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the river level is 0.13 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.45 m, a difference of −0.20 m. The lowest reading on record is 0.02 m (September 14, 1998).

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly.

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
0.38 m0.13 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.29 m – 0.54 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Normal range
0.21 m – 1.30 m
Same day last year
0.45 m−0.20 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.25 m – 0.25 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.17 m – 1.35 m
Highest on record
2.03 mOctober 12, 1987
Lowest on record
0.02 mSeptember 14, 1998

Fishing and paddling

At low levels, many rivers become a walk-and-paddle trip. Fish hold in deeper pools and spook easily.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

About the River Stour

River Stour, Kent

The River Stour is a river in Kent, England that flows into the North Sea at Pegwell Bay. Above Plucks Gutter, where the Little Stour joins it, the river is normally known as the Great Stour. The upper section of the river, above its confluence with the East Stour at Ashford is sometimes known as the Upper Great Stour or West Stour. In the tidal lower reaches, the artificial Stonar Cut short cuts a large loop in the natural river.

Read more on Wikipedia

Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 0.6 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 6° 0.1 mm Wind 25 km/h
18 Sun 14° 8° 5.3 mm, 71% Wind 25 km/h
19 Mon 13° 10° 2.4 mm, 74% Wind 12 km/h
20 Tue 13° 12° 1.6 mm, 35% Wind 17 km/h
21 Wed 13° 10° 16 mm, 52% Wind 19 km/h
22 Thu 14° 6° 0.6 mm, 27% Wind 23 km/h
23 Fri 13° 8° 9.0 mm, 65% Wind 42 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:24 AM Sunset 06:00 PM Daylight 10 hr, 36 min First quarter 42%

Map

Other gauges on the River Stour

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Bures BridgeRiver gauge, River Stour 0.23 m Normal −0.01 m 11 km
LamarshRiver gauge, River Stour 0.35 m Very low −0.01 m 13 km
WestmillRiver gauge, River Stour 0.23 m Normal ±0 23 km
KedingtonRiver gauge, River Stour 0.21 m Normal ±0 33 km
Sandwich QuayRiver gauge, River Stour 1.46 m Normal +0.43 m 82 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
PolsteadRiver gauge, River Box 0.11 m Low ±0 4.9 km
BoxfordRiver gauge, River Box 1.20 m Normal ±0 8.4 km
HadleighRiver gauge, River Brett 0.31 m Normal ±0 8.5 km
LexdenRiver gauge, River Colne 0.20 m Very low ±0 10 km
Earls ColneRiver gauge, River Colne 0.11 m Very low −0.01 m 17 km
Long MelfordRiver gauge, Chad Brook 0.19 m Normal ±0 19 km
CockfieldRiver gauge, River Brett 0.02 m Low ±0 21 km
GlemsfordRiver gauge, River Glem 0.09 m Normal ±0 22 km

Questions and answers

Is the River Stour at Langham higher than last year?

No, it is 0.20 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.45 m.

What is a normal level for the River Stour at Langham in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.38 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.29 m and 0.54 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 0.25 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Langham today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 18:30 BST, the water level was 0.25 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Langham rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Langham normal?

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

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Langham?

The highest level on record is 2.03 m on October 12, 1987. The lowest is 0.02 m on September 14, 1998.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
Operator
Environment Agency
Station code
ea:E22678 (Agency page)
Coordinates
51.97175, 0.94033 (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 0.25 m 2026-10-17 17:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Langham (ea:E22678). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/suffolk/langham

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.