Mount Nugent water level

Name: Mount Nugent water level (Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie))
Creator: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Lake, L. Sheelin, Cavan, Ireland

Directions

Below the normal range

Water level

0.34m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 10:15 GMT+1 (18 min ago)

History

7 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Water is short at Mount Nugent: the latest reading of 0.34 m is below normal.

The usual range here runs from 0.36 m to 1.24 m.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.33 m – 0.34 m.

Lakes and reservoirs often sit lower in autumn after a summer of evaporation and use, and recover with the winter rain.

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.36 m – 1.24 m
Highest on record: 1.90 m

Boating and fishing at Mount Nugent

At low levels, launching can mean a long walk or a closed ramp, and shallow points stick out further than charts suggest.

If you swim, choose a spot with an easy way out and someone watching.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 7.3 mm.

17 Sat 12° -1° – Wind 11 km/h

18 Sun 12° -1° – Wind 8 km/h

19 Mon 12° 1° – Wind 14 km/h

20 Tue 13° 7° – Wind 24 km/h

21 Wed 8° 5° 26 mm, 53% Wind 33 km/h

22 Thu 8° 3° 1.8 mm, 59% Wind 17 km/h

23 Fri 8° 4° 10.0 mm, 68% Wind 44 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:00 AM Sunset 06:30 PM Daylight 10 hr, 29 min First quarter 39%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
VirginiaRiver gauge, Ramor L.	0.47 m	Normal	±0	13 km
Virginia HatcheryRiver gauge, Blackwater (Kells)	0.44 m	Normal	−0.02 m	14 km
StramattRiver gauge, Blackwater (Kells)	0.44 m	Normal	±0	16 km
SallaghanRiver gauge, Erne	0.89 m	Normal	±0	16 km
Breffni ParkRiver gauge, Cavan River	0.87 m	Normal	−0.03 m	19 km
O'Dalys BridgeRiver gauge, Blackwater (Kells)	0.43 m	Normal	−0.01 m	19 km
Lough DerravaraghLake, L. Derravaragh	1.50 m	Normal	±0	23 km
Killykeen Forest ParkLake, L. Oughter	1.35 m	Normal	+0.02 m	24 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for Mount Nugent?

The Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) gives a typical range of 0.36 m to 1.24 m for this gauge.

What is the water level of Mount Nugent today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 10:15 GMT+1, the water level was 0.34 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Mount Nugent rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Mount Nugent normal?

Below the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Mount Nugent?

The highest level on record is 1.90 m.

How often is this data updated?

The Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) 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 Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie), the official operator of this gauge, and are published under CC BY 4.0. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
Station code: opw:26083 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.82095, -7.28310 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: OD Malin Head OSGM15
Gauge zero: 60.970 m
Update interval: every 15 minutes
Licence: CC BY 4.0. Contains Irish Public Sector Information licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence (source waterlevel.ie - provided by the Office of Public Works)

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	0.34 m	2026-10-17 09:15	Provisional

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Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie): Mount Nugent (opw:26083). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/ireland/cavan/mount-nugent

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