Poynton water level

What this means

High water at Poynton: the latest reading is 0.24 m, above normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 0.15 m, based on 19 years of readings, so the river level is 0.09 m above typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.18 m, a difference of +0.06 m.

It is still going down, by 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.18 m – 0.44 m.

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

Compared with 19 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

0.15 m0.09 m above the median for this date

Normal for this date

0.08 m – 0.30 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (19 years of records)

Normal range

0.05 m – 1.15 m

Same day last year

0.18 m+0.06 m

Lowest and highest in 30 days

0.18 m – 0.44 m

Lowest and highest in 12 months

0.16 m – 0.75 m

Highest on record

2.20 mJuly 31, 2019

Lowest on record

0.03 mJune 27, 2010