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Westmill water level

River gauge, River Stour, Suffolk, United Kingdom

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Normal for mid-October

Water level

0.23m Steady over the last 24 hours

0 1 2 Highest onrecord 2.04 m Lowest on record 0.11 m

History

0.10.20.30.4mOct 16Oct 16Oct 16Oct 17Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.10.20.30.4mOct 16Oct 16Oct 17Bottom of normal range
0.20.40.60.8mOct 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026Jul 2026Oct 2026Bottom of normal range0.20.40.60.8mOct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026Bottom of normal range
0.20.40.60.8mJanMarMayJulSepNov20260.20.40.60.8mJanAprJulOct2026

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %) Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The River Stour at Westmill is at 0.23 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

That puts it 0.03 m below the median of 0.26 m for mid-October, based on 21 years of readings.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours.

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
0.26 m0.03 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.19 m – 0.38 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Normal range
0.10 m – 1.60 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.23 m – 0.23 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.22 m – 0.67 m
Highest on record
2.04 mOctober 11, 1987
Lowest on record
0.11 mSeptember 12, 2006

Fishing and paddling

Paddlers and anglers can expect the river much as they know it, though a heavy shower upstream can change that within hours.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

About the River Stour

River Stour, Kent

The River Stour is a river in Kent, England that flows into the North Sea at Pegwell Bay. Above Plucks Gutter, where the Little Stour joins it, the river is normally known as the Great Stour. The upper section of the river, above its confluence with the East Stour at Ashford is sometimes known as the Upper Great Stour or West Stour. In the tidal lower reaches, the artificial Stonar Cut short cuts a large loop in the natural river.

Read more on Wikipedia

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

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 2.2 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 7° 0.7 mm Wind 24 km/h
18 Sun 13° 7° 1.5 mm, 53% Wind 26 km/h
19 Mon 13° 10° 3.2 mm, 57% Wind 17 km/h
20 Tue 15° 12° 5.7 mm, 33% Wind 18 km/h
21 Wed 14° 8° 3.5 mm, 41% Wind 35 km/h
22 Thu 12° 7° 2.4 mm, 26% Wind 42 km/h
23 Fri 12° 6° 3.3 mm, 58% Wind 28 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:26 AM Sunset 06:01 PM Daylight 10 hr, 35 min First quarter 39%

Map

Other gauges on the River Stour

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
KedingtonRiver gauge, River Stour 0.21 m Normal ±0 12 km
LamarshRiver gauge, River Stour 0.35 m Very low −0.01 m 12 km
Bures BridgeRiver gauge, River Stour 0.23 m Normal ±0 15 km
LanghamRiver gauge, River Stour 0.25 m Very low ±0 23 km
Sandwich QuayRiver gauge, River Stour 0.29 m Low ±0 101 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
GlemsfordRiver gauge, River Glem 0.09 m Normal ±0 2.1 km
Long MelfordRiver gauge, Chad Brook 0.19 m Normal ±0 4.0 km
CockfieldRiver gauge, River Brett 0.02 m Low ±0 10 km
Great YeldhamRiver gauge, River Colne 0.12 m Normal +0.02 m 11 km
Poole StreetRiver gauge, River Colne 0.07 m Normal ±0 11 km
SturmerRiver gauge, Stour Brook 0.07 m Very low −0.04 m 13 km
Broad GreenRiver gauge, Bumpstead Brook 0.04 m Normal −0.01 m 15 km
BoxfordRiver gauge, River Box 1.20 m Normal ±0 15 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the River Stour at Westmill in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.26 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.19 m and 0.38 m, based on 21 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 0.23 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Westmill today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST, the water level was 0.23 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Westmill rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Westmill normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Westmill?

The highest level on record is 2.04 m on October 11, 1987. The lowest is 0.11 m on September 12, 2006.

How often is this data updated?

The Environment Agency publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
Operator
Environment Agency
Station code
ea:E22539 (Agency page)
Coordinates
52.08527, 0.66590 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 0.23 m 2026-10-17 09:00 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Westmill (ea:E22539). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/suffolk/westmill

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