Borness water level

Name: Borness water level (Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie))
Creator: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

River gauge, Barrow, Laois, Ireland

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.25m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 16, 2026, 06:45 PM GMT+1 (10 hours ago)

History

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What this means

The Barrow at Borness is at 0.25 m, within its typical range.

The usual range here runs from 0.12 m to 1.26 m.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours.

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

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.12 m – 1.26 m
Highest on record: 2.73 m

Fishing and paddling

Paddlers and anglers can expect the river much as they know it, though a heavy shower upstream can change that within hours.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the OPW and Met Éireann.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 19 mm. Rain upstream usually reaches a river gauge after hours to days.

17 Sat 12° 3° – Wind 11 km/h

18 Sun 12° 0° – Wind 5 km/h

19 Mon 12° 2° – Wind 14 km/h

20 Tue 14° 6° 0.1 mm, 42% Wind 20 km/h

21 Wed 9° 6° 34 mm, 53% Wind 36 km/h

22 Thu 11° 3° 1.5 mm, 44% Wind 19 km/h

23 Fri 8° 5° 16 mm, 75% Wind 35 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:59 AM Sunset 06:31 PM Daylight 10h 32m First quarter 36 %

Map

Other gauges on the Barrow

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
PortarlingtonRiver gauge, Barrow	0.42 m	Normal	−0.04 m	8.4 km
Pass BridgeRiver gauge, Barrow	0.96 m	Normal	−0.02 m	16 km
LevitstownRiver gauge, Barrow	1.80 m	Normal	+0.01 m	32 km
Barrow New BridgeRiver gauge, Barrow	0.37 m	Normal	0.00 m	41 km
CarlowRiver gauge, Barrow	0.41 m	Normal	+0.01 m	41 km
Royal OakRiver gauge, Barrow	0.45 m	Normal	0.00 m	53 km
Graiguenamanagh U/SRiver gauge, Barrow	0.43 m	Normal	0.00 m	70 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Chapel StreetRiver gauge, Pound	0.18 m	Normal	−0.01 m	2.4 km
Manor RoadRiver gauge, Pound	-0.07 m	Low	−0.02 m	2.7 km
CushinaRiver gauge	0.40 m	Normal	0.00 m	11 km
Bracknagh BridgeRiver gauge, Clodiagh River	0.31 m	Normal	−0.01 m	14 km
DerrybrockRiver gauge, Stradbally	0.30 m	Normal	−0.01 m	18 km
ClonbullogeRiver gauge, Figile	0.20 m	Normal	0.00 m	20 km
KilbrickenRiver gauge, Nore	0.41 m	Normal	−0.01 m	22 km
RathanganRiver gauge, Slate	0.38 m	Normal	0.00 m	23 km

Questions and answers

What is the record level at Borness?

The highest reading on record is 2.73 m.

How often is Borness updated?

Several times an hour. New readings from Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) appear here as they arrive. Latest: Oct 16, 2026, 06:45 PM GMT+1.

What is the water level of Borness today?

On Oct 16, 2026, 06:45 PM GMT+1, the water level was 0.25 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Borness rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Borness normal?

Within the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Borness?

The highest level on record is 2.73 m on –.

How often is this data updated?

Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) 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: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
Station code: opw:14003 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.13225, -7.30843 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: OD Malin Head OSGM15
Gauge zero: 67.339 m
Update interval: every 15 minutes
Licence: CC BY 4.0. Contains Irish Public Sector Information licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence (source waterlevel.ie - provided by the Office of Public Works)

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level `stage`	0.25 m	2026-10-16 17:45	Provisional

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How to cite

Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie): Borness (opw:14003). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/ireland/laois/borness

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