Market Weighton water level
River gauge, Mill Beck, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Right now
Low for late October
Water level
History
20252026
What this means
At 0.03 m, Mill Beck at Market Weighton is below normal for late October.
The median for late October is 0.11 m, based on 17 years of readings, so the river level is 0.08 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.04 m, a difference of −0.01 m.
The water is rising: up 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.00 m and 0.06 m.
Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.
Compared with 17 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels
Key numbers
- Median for this date
- 0.11 m0.08 m below the median for this date
- Normal for this date
- 0.03 m – 0.26 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (17 years of records)
- Normal range
- 0.03 m – 2.25 m
- Same day last year
- 0.04 m−0.01 m
- Lowest and highest in 30 days
- 0.00 m – 0.06 m
- Lowest and highest in 12 months
- 0.01 m – 1.68 m
- Highest on record
- 3.64 mFebruary 16, 2021
- Lowest on record
- −0.05 mOctober 6, 2011
On the river at Market Weighton
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 Mill Beck
Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
Weather at the gauge
Rain in the last 3 days: 3.4 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.
Forecast: Open-Meteo
Map
Other gauges on Mill Beck
| Gauge | Level | Compared with normal | 24 hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Mill Beck ScreenRiver gauge, Mill Beck | 0.23 m | High | +0.02 m | 30 km |
Nearby gauges
| Gauge | Level | Compared with normal | 24 hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South NewbaldRiver gauge, Ings Beck | 0.08 m | Normal | +0.01 m | 6.7 km |
| Wholsea GrangeRiver gauge, Back Delfin | 0.14 m | Normal | +0.02 m | 8.4 km |
| PocklingtonRiver gauge, Pocklington Beck | −0.01 m | Lowest on record | ±0 | 10 km |
| North CaveRiver gauge, Mires Beck | 0.13 m | Low | ±0 | 11 km |
| Holme House FarmRiver gauge, River Foulness | 0.13 m | Low | +0.01 m | 11 km |
| Welham BridgeRiver gauge, River Foulness | 0.50 m | Very high | ±0 | 12 km |
| South Cave Beverley RoadRiver gauge, South Cave Beck | 0.22 m | Low | +0.01 m | 12 km |
| Thornton LockRiver gauge, Bielby Beck | 0.11 m | Normal | −0.01 m | 12 km |
Questions and answers
Is Mill Beck at Market Weighton higher than last year?
No, it is 0.01 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.04 m.
What is a normal level for Mill Beck at Market Weighton in late October?
The median for late October is 0.11 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.03 m and 0.26 m, based on 17 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 0.03 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.
What is the water level of Market Weighton today?
On 21 Oct 2026, 02:00 BST, the water level was 0.03 m. Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.
Is Market Weighton rising or falling?
Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.02 m over the last 7 days.
Is the level of Market Weighton normal?
Low for late October. Compared with 17 years of daily readings for this time of year.
What is the highest water level ever recorded at Market Weighton?
The highest level on record is 3.64 m on February 16, 2021. The lowest is −0.05 m on October 6, 2011.
For specialists
Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
- Operator
- Environment Agency
- Station code
ea:L3408(Agency page)- Coordinates
53.86738, -0.66517(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 | 0.03 m | 2026-10-21 01:00 | Provisional |
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How to cite
Environment Agency: Market Weighton (ea:L3408). Accessed October 21, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/east-riding-of-yorkshire/market-weighton
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