Lynde Creek at Brooklin water level

Name: Lynde Creek at Brooklin water level (Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada)
Creator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

River gauge, Lynde Creek, Ontario, Canada

Directions

Low for mid-October

Water level

4.81m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 07:20 AM EDT (47 min ago)

Flow: 0.14 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

20252026

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

At 4.81 m, Lynde Creek at Brooklin is below normal for mid-October.

That puts it 0.02 m below the median of 4.83 m for mid-October, based on 21 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 4.80 m (+0.01 m).

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 4.75 m and 4.87 m.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, and it usually takes a few days of steady rain to change that.

Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 4.83 m0.02 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 4.79 m – 4.88 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Same day last year: 4.80 m+0.01 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 4.75 m – 4.87 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 4.78 m – 5.01 m

Conditions at Lynde Creek at Brooklin

Low water means shallow riffles on canoe trips and warmer water for fish.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

About Lynde Creek

Lynde Creek is a stream in the municipalities of Whitby and Scugog, Regional Municipality of Durham, in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. It is in the Great Lakes Basin, is a tributary of Lake Ontario, and is under the auspices of the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority. The creek begins on the Oak Ridges Moraine in geographic Reach Township in the municipality of Scugog, and flows south to its mouth in the southwest of the town of Whitby. Portions of the 132.19-square-kilometre (51.04 sq mi) watershed also extend into the town of Ajax, the city of Pickering and the municipality of Uxbridge.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 4.7 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 16° 1° – Wind 22 km/h

19 Mon 18° 4° – Wind 12 km/h

20 Tue 17° 7° – Wind 15 km/h

21 Wed 14° 4° – Wind 10 km/h

22 Thu 17° 6° – Wind 23 km/h

23 Fri 12° 0° – Wind 19 km/h

24 Sat 11° 2° – Wind 19 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:35 AM Sunset 06:29 PM Daylight 10 hr, 54 min First quarter 49%

Map

Other gauges on Lynde Creek

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Lynde Creek near WhitbyRiver gauge, Lynde Creek	8.08 m	Normal	−0.03 m	9.3 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Lynde Creek Tributary near KinsaleRiver gauge, Lynde Creek Tributary	3.77 m	High	−0.01 m	3.8 km
Oshawa Creek at OshawaRiver gauge, Oshawa Creek	2.29 m	Normal	±0	6.3 km
Duffins Creek at AjaxRiver gauge, Duffins Creek	0.78 m	Normal	−0.01 m	14 km
West Duffins Creek above Green RiverRiver gauge, West Duffins Creek	2.19 m	Low	−0.01 m	18 km
Bowmanville Creek at BowmanvilleRiver gauge, Bowmanville Creek	0.67 m	Very low	−0.02 m	21 km
Little Rouge Creek near Locust HillRiver gauge, Little Rouge Creek	10.23 m	Normal	−0.01 m	21 km
Blackstock Creek near BlackstockRiver gauge, Blackstock Creek	2.92 m	Low	−0.02 m	22 km
Mackie Creek near HamptonRiver gauge, Mackie Creek	2.83 m	Very low	±0	22 km

Questions and answers

How does Lynde Creek at Brooklin compare with last year?

It is 0.01 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 4.80 m.

What is a normal level for Lynde Creek at Brooklin in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 4.83 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 4.79 m and 4.88 m, based on 21 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 4.81 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Lynde Creek at Brooklin today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 07:20 AM EDT, the water level was 4.81 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Lynde Creek at Brooklin rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Up 0.01 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Lynde Creek at Brooklin normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year.

How often is this data updated?

Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada publishes a new reading every hour. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:02HC054 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 43.95908, -78.95997 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: station datum (assumed datum)
Update interval: every hour
Licence: Open Government Licence – Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	4.81 m	2026-10-18 11:20	Provisional
Flow	0.14 m³/s	2026-10-18 11:20	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Lynde Creek at Brooklin (eccc:02HC054). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/lynde-creek-at-brooklin

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