Humber River near Palgrave water level

Name: Humber River near Palgrave 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, Humber River, Ontario, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

8.22m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 03:25 PM EDT (1 hour ago)

Flow: 0.94 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The gauge at Humber River near Palgrave reads 8.22 m, a normal level for mid-October.

That puts it 0.01 m below the median of 8.23 m for mid-October, based on 20 years of readings.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 8.18 m and 8.58 m.

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

Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 8.23 m0.01 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 8.18 m – 8.36 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 8.18 m – 8.58 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 8.18 m – 8.53 m

Conditions at Humber River near Palgrave

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 Humber River

The Humber River is a river in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Great Lakes Basin, is a tributary of Lake Ontario and is one of two major rivers on either side of the city of Toronto, the other being the Don River to the east. It was designated a Canadian Heritage River on September 24, 1999.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 4.5 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 17° 3° – Wind 24 km/h

19 Mon 19° 4° – Wind 14 km/h

20 Tue 16° 6° – Wind 13 km/h

21 Wed 15° 4° – Wind 11 km/h

22 Thu 17° 6° – Wind 22 km/h

23 Fri 11° 0° – Wind 17 km/h

24 Sat 13° 2° – Wind 20 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:38 AM Sunset 06:32 PM Daylight 10 hr, 54 min First quarter 52%

Map

Other gauges on the Humber River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Humber River at Highway No. 9River gauge, Humber River	2.23 m	Normal	+0.01 m	6.0 km
Humber River at Elder MillsRiver gauge, Humber River	5.48 m	Low	−0.01 m	20 km
Humber River at WestonRiver gauge, Humber River	2.20 m	Normal	±0	35 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Cold Creek near BoltonRiver gauge, Cold Creek	5.44 m	Very high	+0.01 m	9.6 km
Beeton Creek near TottenhamRiver gauge, Beeton Creek	5.69 m	Normal	−0.01 m	14 km
Schomberg River near SchombergRiver gauge, Schomberg River	1.32 m	Low	−0.01 m	14 km
Nottawasaga River at HockleyRiver gauge, Nottawasaga River	0.69 m	Low	±0	16 km
East Humber River at King CreekRiver gauge, East Humber River	1.28 m	Low	−0.01 m	17 km
Credit River near CataractRiver gauge, Credit River	1.34 m	Low	−0.01 m	19 km
Credit River at Boston MillsRiver gauge, Credit River	3.81 m	Low	−0.02 m	19 km
Credit River near OrangevilleRiver gauge, Credit River	11.19 m	Normal	−0.01 m	20 km

Questions and answers

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

The median for mid-October is 8.23 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 8.18 m and 8.36 m, based on 20 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 8.22 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Humber River near Palgrave today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 03:25 PM EDT, the water level was 8.22 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Humber River near Palgrave rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.09 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Humber River near Palgrave normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 20 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:02HC047 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 43.92850, -79.82300 (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	8.22 m	2026-10-18 19:25	Provisional
Flow	0.94 m³/s	2026-10-18 19:25	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Humber River near Palgrave (eccc:02HC047). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/humber-river-near-palgrave

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