Corsham Aqueduct water level

What this means

Corsham Aqueduct is running far below normal at 0.01 m.

That puts it 0.03 m below the median of 0.04 m for mid-October, based on 9 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 0.02 m (−0.02 m).

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between −0.01 m and 0.17 m.

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

Compared with 9 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

0.04 m0.03 m below the median for this date

Normal for this date

0.02 m – 0.09 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (9 years of records)

Same day last year

0.02 m−0.02 m

Lowest and highest in 30 days

−0.01 m – 0.17 m

Lowest and highest in 12 months

0.00 m – 0.40 m