Mount Nugent water level

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

Lake, L. Sheelin, Cavan, Ireland

Directions

Below the normal range

Water level

0.34m

Measured Oct 17, 2026, 01:30 AM GMT+1 (24 min ago)

History

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What this means

Water is short at Mount Nugent: the latest reading of 0.34 m is below normal.

The usual range here runs from 0.36 m to 1.24 m.

The 30-day range is 0.33 m – 0.34 m.

Many reservoirs reach their low point of the year in autumn, before winter rain and snow start the refill.

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.36 m – 1.24 m
Highest on record: 1.90 m

Boating and fishing at Mount Nugent

At low levels, launching can mean a long walk or a closed ramp, and shallow points stick out further than charts suggest.

If you swim, choose a spot with an easy way out and someone watching.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 7.3 mm.

17 Sat 12° 0° – Wind 10 km/h

18 Sun 12° -1° – Wind 7 km/h

19 Mon 12° 1° – Wind 14 km/h

20 Tue 13° 7° – Wind 24 km/h

21 Wed 8° 5° 26 mm, 50 % Wind 33 km/h

22 Thu 8° 3° 1.8 mm, 43 % Wind 17 km/h

23 Fri 10° 4° 10 mm, 68 % Wind 44 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:00 AM Sunset 06:30 PM Daylight 10h 29m First quarter 35 %

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	Distance
VirginiaRiver gauge, Ramor L.	0.47 m	Normal	13 km
Virginia HatcheryRiver gauge, Blackwater (Kells)	0.45 m	Normal	14 km
StramattRiver gauge, Blackwater (Kells)	0.44 m	Normal	16 km
SallaghanRiver gauge, Erne	0.89 m	Normal	16 km
Breffni ParkRiver gauge, Cavan River	0.89 m	Normal	19 km
O'Dalys BridgeRiver gauge, Blackwater (Kells)	0.44 m	Normal	19 km
Lough DerravaraghLake, L. Derravaragh	1.50 m	Normal	23 km
Killykeen Forest ParkLake, L. Oughter	1.34 m	Normal	24 km

Questions and answers

What is the record level at Mount Nugent?

The highest reading on record is 1.90 m.

How often is Mount Nugent updated?

Several times an hour. New readings from Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) appear here as they arrive. Latest: Oct 17, 2026, 01:30 AM GMT+1.

What is the water level of Mount Nugent today?

On Oct 17, 2026, 01:30 AM GMT+1, the water level was 0.34 m. Low.

Is the level of Mount Nugent normal?

Below the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Mount Nugent?

The highest level on record is 1.90 m on –.

How often is this data updated?

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 Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie), the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the 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:26083 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.82095, -7.28310 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: OD Malin Head OSGM15
Gauge zero: 60.970 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 `stage`	0.34 m	2026-10-17 00:30	Provisional

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How to cite

Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie): Mount Nugent (opw:26083). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/ireland/cavan/mount-nugent

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