Mercy Hospital water level

Name: Mercy Hospital water level (Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie))
Creator: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

River gauge, Lee, Cork, Ireland

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Latest reading

Water level

2.18m Down 1.26 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 04:00 GMT+1 (17 min ago)

History

7 days

Water level

What this means

The Lee at Mercy Hospital reads 2.18 m as of 19 Oct 2026, 04:00 GMT+1. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

It has dropped 1.26 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 1.54 m and 3.98 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Highest on record: 5.59 m

Fishing and paddling

Watch the direction of travel. A rising river after rain behaves very differently from one that is dropping and clearing.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the OPW and Met Éireann.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

19 Mon 10° 5° 2.0 mm, 35% Wind 12 km/h

20 Tue 13° 9° 19 mm, 86% Wind 18 km/h

21 Wed 11° 6° 1.8 mm, 82% Wind 28 km/h

22 Thu 13° 5° 22 mm, 84% Wind 37 km/h

23 Fri 10° 6° 10 mm, 76% Wind 56 km/h

24 Sat 16° 7° 6.7 mm, 68% Wind 26 km/h

25 Sun 17° 12° 3.7 mm, 49% Wind 35 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:06 AM Sunset 06:34 PM Daylight 10 hr, 28 min First quarter 55%

Map

Other gauges on the Lee

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Fitzgerald's ParkRiver gauge, Lee	0.54 m	No reference yet	±0	1.1 km
Waterworks WeirRiver gauge, Lee	0.05 m	Normal	−0.01 m	1.9 km
Currach ClubRiver gauge, Lee	1.44 m	No reference yet	−1.21 m	2.7 km
Inniscarra TailraceRiver gauge, Lee	0.31 m	Normal	+0.01 m	10 km
Inniscarra HeadraceReservoir, Lee	46.71 m	Normal	+0.02 m	12 km
Carrigadrohid HeadraceReservoir, Lee	62.47 m	Normal	−0.02 m	26 km
CooldanielRiver gauge, Lee	0.50 m	Normal	−0.01 m	37 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
County HallRiver gauge, Curragheen	0.99 m	Normal	−0.01 m	2.0 km
Blackpool Retail ParkRiver gauge, Bride (Cork)	0.15 m	Normal	±0	2.0 km
Glen ParkRiver gauge, Glen	0.21 m	Normal	±0	2.6 km
BallincollyRiver gauge, Glen Tributary	−0.09 m	Low	±0	3.2 km
Glennamought BridgeRiver gauge, Glen Tributary	0.39 m	Normal	±0	3.3 km
Carrigrohane BridgeRiver gauge, Curragheen	0.78 m	Normal	±0	4.1 km
Gothic BridgeRiver gauge, Blarney	0.12 m	Low	±0	6.0 km
Bawnafinny BridgeRiver gauge, Blarney	0.33 m	Normal	±0	7.7 km

Questions and answers

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 2.18 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Mercy Hospital today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 04:00 GMT+1, the water level was 2.18 m. Down 1.26 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Mercy Hospital rising or falling?

Down 1.26 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Mercy Hospital normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Mercy Hospital?

The highest level on record is 5.59 m.

How often is this data updated?

The Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from the Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie), the official operator of this gauge, and are published under CC BY 4.0. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
Station code: opw:19164 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.90005, -8.48383 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: OD Malin Head OSGM15
Gauge zero: -2.954 m
Update interval: every 15 minutes
Licence: CC BY 4.0. Contains Irish Public Sector Information licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence (source waterlevel.ie - provided by the Office of Public Works)

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	2.18 m	2026-10-19 03:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie): Mercy Hospital (opw:19164). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/ireland/cork/mercy-hospital

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