Southwest Brook at Lewisporte water level

Name: Southwest Brook at Lewisporte 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, Southwest Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

0.90m Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 03:20 PM GMT-2:30 (2 hours ago)

Flow: 1.31 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Southwest Brook at Lewisporte, where the gauge shows 0.90 m.

That puts it 0.11 m above the median of 0.78 m for mid-October, based on 16 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 0.80 m (+0.09 m).

It is still going down, by 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.73 m – 1.15 m.

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

Compared with 16 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 0.78 m0.11 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.69 m – 1.07 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (16 years of records)
Same day last year: 0.80 m+0.09 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.73 m – 1.15 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.73 m – 1.87 m

Freshet, ice and paddling

Open-water season is the time for canoe trips and fishing, though rapids change character with every few centimetres of water.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

About Southwest Brook

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

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 7.1 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 14° 5° 0.2 mm Wind 28 km/h

21 Wed 8° 4° – Wind 14 km/h

22 Thu 8° 4° 2.9 mm, 65% Wind 19 km/h

23 Fri 5° 2° 25 mm, 76% Wind 53 km/h

24 Sat 6° 4° 12 mm, 39% Wind 40 km/h

25 Sun 11° 0° – Wind 29 km/h

26 Mon 13° 7° – Wind 28 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:39 AM Sunset 06:12 PM Daylight 10 hr, 33 min Waxing gibbous 71%

Map

Other gauges on Southwest Brook

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Southwest Brook at Terra Nova National ParkRiver gauge, Southwest Brook	1.63 m	Normal	−0.04 m	104 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Salmon River near GlenwoodRiver gauge, Salmon River	0.82 m	Normal	−0.05 m	25 km
Gander River at Big ChuteRiver gauge, Gander River	1.99 m	Normal	−0.02 m	27 km
Peters River near BotwoodRiver gauge, Peters River	1.15 m	Normal	−0.07 m	28 km
Great Rattling Brook above Tote River ConfluenceRiver gauge, Great Rattling Brook	3.57 m	Normal	−0.06 m	56 km
Exploits River at Charlie Edwards PointRiver gauge, Exploits River	70.56 m	Normal	−0.03 m	62 km
Middle Brook near GamboRiver gauge, Middle Brook	2.92 m	High	+0.01 m	76 km

Questions and answers

How does Southwest Brook at Lewisporte compare with last year?

It is 0.09 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.80 m.

What is a normal level for Southwest Brook at Lewisporte in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.78 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.69 m and 1.07 m, based on 16 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 0.90 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Southwest Brook at Lewisporte today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 03:20 PM GMT-2:30, the water level was 0.90 m. Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Southwest Brook at Lewisporte rising or falling?

Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.05 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Southwest Brook at Lewisporte normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 16 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.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:02YO012 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 49.21608, -55.05200 (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	0.90 m	2026-10-20 17:50	Provisional
Flow	1.31 m³/s	2026-10-20 17:50	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Southwest Brook at Lewisporte (eccc:02YO012). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/newfoundland-and-labrador/southwest-brook-at-lewisporte

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