Melksham Clackers water level

What this means

Clackers Brook at Melksham Clackers is running far below normal at 0.02 m.

No reading on record has been lower: the old record low was 0.06 m, from July 9, 2018. The median for mid-October is 0.11 m, based on 10 years of readings, so the river level is 0.10 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.05 m, a difference of −0.04 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 0.02 m and 0.03 m.

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

Compared with 10 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

0.11 m0.10 m below the median for this date

Normal for this date

0.07 m – 0.32 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (10 years of records)

Normal range

0.00 m – 0.60 m

Same day last year

0.05 m−0.04 m

Lowest and highest in 30 days

0.02 m – 0.03 m

Lowest and highest in 12 months

0.02 m – 0.88 m

Highest on record

1.47 mSeptember 23, 2024

Lowest on record

0.06 mJuly 9, 2018

Lowest on record

0.04 m below the lowest level on record