Upper Humber River near Reidville water level

Name: Upper Humber River near Reidville water level (Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada)
Creator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

River gauge, Upper Humber River, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

1.29m Down 0.10 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 05:35 PM GMT-2:30 (1 hour ago)

Flow: 109 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The gauge at Upper Humber River near Reidville reads 1.29 m, a normal level for mid-October.

That puts it 0.17 m above the median of 1.12 m for mid-October, based on 15 years of readings.

The level is falling, down 0.10 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.58 m and 1.44 m.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, until steadier rain returns.

Compared with 15 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 1.12 m0.17 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.72 m – 1.77 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (15 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.58 m – 1.44 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.59 m – 1.42 m

Conditions at Upper Humber River near Reidville

Paddlers should check the trend as well as the level; summer storms can raise rivers quickly.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

About the Upper Humber River

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

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 12 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 11° 3° – Wind 19 km/h

21 Wed 8° 2° – Wind 13 km/h

22 Thu 8° 3° 1.6 mm, 47% Wind 15 km/h

23 Fri 6° 0° 11 mm, 71% Wind 33 km/h

24 Sat 5° -4° – Wind 15 km/h

25 Sun 10° 1° – Wind 21 km/h

26 Mon 9° 3° 0.6 mm Wind 23 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:48 AM Sunset 06:21 PM Daylight 10 hr, 33 min Waxing gibbous 71%

Map

Other gauges on the Upper Humber River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Upper Humber River above Black BrookRiver gauge, Upper Humber River	1.09 m	Normal	−0.13 m	42 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Deer Lake near Generating StationLake, Deer Lake	6.05 m	Very high	+0.07 m	9.9 km
Boot Brook at Trans-Canada HighwayRiver gauge, Boot Brook	1.04 m	Normal	−0.04 m	19 km
South Brook at PasadenaRiver gauge, South Brook	0.37 m	Normal	−0.02 m	31 km
Humber River at Humber Village BridgeRiver gauge, Humber River	3.07 m	Very high	+0.10 m	41 km
Steady Brook above Confluence to Humber RiverRiver gauge, Steady Brook	2.03 m	High	+0.08 m	47 km
Sheffield Brook near Trans Canada HighwayRiver gauge, Sheffield Brook	2.08 m	Normal	−0.01 m	51 km
Indian Brook Diversion above Birchy LakeCanal gauge, Indian Brook Diversion	3.67 m	Normal	−0.04 m	56 km
Corner Brook Lake at Lake OutletLake, Corner Brook Lake	6.08 m	Very high	−0.03 m	57 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Upper Humber River near Reidville in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 1.12 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.72 m and 1.77 m, based on 15 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 1.29 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Upper Humber River near Reidville today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 05:35 PM GMT-2:30, the water level was 1.29 m. Down 0.10 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Upper Humber River near Reidville rising or falling?

Down 0.10 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.10 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Upper Humber River near Reidville normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 15 years of daily readings for this time of year.

How often is this data updated?

Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada publishes a new reading every hour. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence – Canada. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:02YL001 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 49.24292, -57.36025 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: station datum (assumed datum)
Update interval: every hour
Licence: Open Government Licence – Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	1.29 m	2026-10-20 20:05	Provisional
Flow	109 m³/s	2026-10-20 20:05	Provisional

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Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer