Weare Giffard water level

Name: Weare Giffard water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

River gauge, River Torridge, Devon, United Kingdom

Directions

Low for mid-October

Water level

0.28m Up 0.17 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 14:30 BST (30 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

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

What this means

At 0.28 m, the River Torridge at Weare Giffard is below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 0.56 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the river level is 0.28 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.14 m, a difference of +0.14 m.

The water is rising: up 0.17 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between −0.02 m and 1.52 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: 0.56 m0.28 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.18 m – 1.26 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Normal range: 0.01 m – 3.20 m
Same day last year: 0.14 m+0.14 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: −0.02 m – 1.52 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: −0.10 m – 2.44 m
Highest on record: 4.38 mOctober 30, 2000
Lowest on record: −0.08 mOctober 3, 2014

On the river at Weare Giffard

Low, clear water makes fish wary, and anglers often do better early and late in the day. For canoeists, shallow riffles mean scraped hulls and the odd portage.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

About the River Torridge

The River Torridge is a river in Devon in England; it rises near Meddon. The river describes a long loop through Devon farming country where its tributaries the Lew and Okement join before meeting the Taw at Appledore and flowing into the Bristol Channel. The river is spate dependent and often flows between wooded banks which can be steep. The Torridge local government district is named after the river.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 7.6 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 5° – Wind 11 km/h

18 Sun 12° 2° – Wind 13 km/h

19 Mon 12° 8° 2.4 mm, 45% Wind 17 km/h

20 Tue 13° 6° 1.8 mm, 61% Wind 13 km/h

21 Wed 11° 6° 11 mm, 73% Wind 53 km/h

22 Thu 12° 10° 4.4 mm, 70% Wind 30 km/h

23 Fri 13° 9° 12 mm, 82% Wind 45 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:43 AM Sunset 06:22 PM Daylight 10 hr, 39 min First quarter 40%

Map

Other gauges on the River Torridge

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
TorringtonRiver gauge, River Torridge	0.69 m	Normal	+0.14 m	4.5 km
DoltonRiver gauge, River Torridge	0.25 m	Normal	+0.05 m	13 km
Rockhay BridgeRiver gauge, River Torridge	0.54 m	Normal	−0.17 m	15 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Bideford Elliots Kingsley RoadRiver gauge, Kenwith Stream	0.08 m	Normal	−0.02 m	5.3 km
Kenwith CastleRiver gauge, Kenwith Stream	0.29 m	Very low	−0.02 m	6.6 km
UmberleighRiver gauge, River Taw	0.29 m	Low	−0.06 m	14 km
Portmarsh LaneRiver gauge, Coney Gut	0.26 m	Normal	−0.01 m	14 km
Coney GutRiver gauge	0.48 m	Normal	±0	14 km
Braunton Butts BridgeRiver gauge, River Caen	0.57 m	Normal	−0.03 m	15 km
Landkey Newland Tanners RoadRiver gauge, Halford Stream	0.16 m	Lowest on record	−0.01 m	16 km

Questions and answers

Is the River Torridge at Weare Giffard higher than last year?

Yes, it is 0.14 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.14 m.

What is a normal level for the River Torridge at Weare Giffard in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.56 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.18 m and 1.26 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 0.28 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Weare Giffard today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 14:30 BST, the water level was 0.28 m. Up 0.17 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Weare Giffard rising or falling?

Up 0.17 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.03 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Weare Giffard normal?

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 Weare Giffard?

The highest level on record is 4.38 m on October 30, 2000. The lowest is −0.08 m on October 3, 2014.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:50143 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.97731, -4.17807 (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

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	0.28 m	2026-10-17 13:30	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Weare Giffard (ea:50143). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/devon/weare-giffard

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