Preesall Pumping Station, Cockers Dyke water level

What this means

High water at Preesall Pumping Station, Cockers Dyke: the latest reading is 0.84 m, above normal for late October.

That puts it 0.06 m above the median of 0.78 m for late October, based on 21 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 0.82 m (+0.02 m).

It is still going down, by 0.13 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.64 m – 1.05 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

0.78 m0.06 m above the median for this date

Normal for this date

0.61 m – 0.89 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)

Normal range

0.41 m – 1.50 m

Same day last year

0.82 m+0.02 m

Lowest and highest in 30 days

0.64 m – 1.05 m

Lowest and highest in 12 months

0.73 m – 1.00 m

Highest on record

2.45 mNovember 22, 2017

Lowest on record

−0.13 mFebruary 26, 2004