Smithy Houses water level

What this means

Low water at Smithy Houses: the gauge reads 0.28 m, at a record low.

That is below the previous record low of 0.33 m (July 29, 2001), so the gauge is setting a new low. That puts it 0.08 m below the median of 0.36 m for mid-October, based on 21 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 0.28 m as well.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. The 30-day range is 0.27 m – 0.35 m.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

0.36 m0.08 m below the median for this date

Normal for this date

0.34 m – 0.44 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)

Normal range

0.35 m – 0.90 m

Same day last year

0.28 m0.00 m

Lowest and highest in 30 days

0.27 m – 0.35 m

Lowest and highest in 12 months

0.27 m – 0.86 m

Highest on record

1.51 mOctober 20, 2023

Lowest on record

0.33 mJuly 29, 2001

Lowest on record

0.05 m below the lowest level on record