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Abingdon water level

River gauge, River Ock, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

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Low for mid-October

Water level

0.09m Steady over the last 24 hours

0 1 2 Highest onrecord 1.81 m Lowest on record 0.05 m

History

0.10.2mOct 10Oct 12Oct 14Oct 16Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.10.2mOct 10Oct 14Oct 17Bottom of normal range
0.10.2mSep 17Sep 25Oct 2Oct 10Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.10.2mSep 17Oct 2Oct 17Bottom of normal range
-0.00.51.0mMay 2023Mar 2024Jan 2025Dec 2025Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range-0.00.51.0mMay 2023Jan 2025Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
-0.00.51.0mJanMarMayJulSepNov2026-0.00.51.0mJanAprJulOct2026

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

What this means

At 0.09 m, the River Ock at Abingdon is below normal for mid-October.

That puts it 0.01 m below the median of 0.10 m for mid-October, based on 19 years of readings.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.08 m and 0.11 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
0.10 m0.01 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.09 m – 0.25 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (19 years of records)
Normal range
0.08 m – 0.84 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.08 m – 0.11 m
Highest on record
1.81 mJuly 22, 2007
Lowest on record
0.05 mSeptember 16, 1990

On the river at Abingdon

Low, clear water makes fish wary, and anglers often do better early and late in the day. For canoeists, shallow riffles mean scraped hulls and the odd portage.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

About the River Ock

River Ock

The River Ock is a small English river which is a tributary of the River Thames. It has as its catchment area the Vale of White Horse, a low-lying and wide valley in south Oxfordshire, and flows into the River Thames, at Abingdon on the reach above Culham Lock.

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: 1.1 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 4° – Wind 19 km/h
18 Sun 13° 6° 1.9 mm, 43% Wind 23 km/h
19 Mon 14° 8° 3.0 mm, 82% Wind 19 km/h
20 Tue 13° 9° 1.7 mm, 47% Wind 12 km/h
21 Wed 13° 8° 1.2 mm, 57% Wind 18 km/h
22 Thu 15° 5° 1.5 mm, 50% Wind 17 km/h
23 Fri 14° 7° 21 mm, 76% Wind 35 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:33 AM Sunset 06:10 PM Daylight 10 hr, 37 min First quarter 44%

Map

Other gauges on the River Ock

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Charney BassettRiver gauge, River Ock 0.54 m Normal +0.01 m 10 km
Stanford ValeRiver gauge, River Ock 0.08 m Very low ±0 14 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
AbingdonRiver gauge, River Stert 0.60 m Normal ±0 2.5 km
Abingdon LockRiver gauge, River Thames 0.06 m Low ±0 2.6 km
Abingdon PeachcroftRiver gauge, Radley Park Ditch 0.43 m Low ±0 3.1 km
Culham LockRiver gauge, River Thames 0.16 m Normal −0.01 m 3.2 km
Sutton CourtenayRiver gauge, River Thames 2.09 m Normal +0.02 m 4.1 km
SteventonRiver gauge, Ginge Brook 0.47 m Lowest on record +0.02 m 5.2 km
Sandford-on-ThamesRiver gauge, River Thames 0.08 m Normal −0.01 m 6.8 km
Clifton LockRiver gauge, River Thames 0.14 m Normal +0.03 m 6.8 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the River Ock at Abingdon in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.10 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.09 m and 0.25 m, based on 19 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 0.09 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Abingdon today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 22:30 BST, the water level was 0.09 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Abingdon rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Abingdon normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 19 years of daily readings for this time of year.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Abingdon?

The highest level on record is 1.81 m on July 22, 2007. The lowest is 0.05 m on September 16, 1990.

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:1790TH (Agency page)
Coordinates
51.66666, -1.30519 (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 0.09 m 2026-10-17 21:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Abingdon (ea:1790TH). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/oxfordshire/abingdon

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