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Hunsingore water level

River gauge, River Nidd, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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Low for mid-October

Water level

0.11m Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

0 1 2 3 Highest onrecord 3.06 m Lowest on record 0.01 m

History

History
0.10.20.3mOct 10Oct 12Oct 14Oct 16Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.10.20.3mOct 10Oct 14Oct 17Bottom of normal range
0.10.20.3mSep 17Sep 25Oct 2Oct 10Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.10.20.3mSep 17Oct 2Oct 17Bottom of normal range
0.30.50.8mOct 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026Jul 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range0.30.50.8mOct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
0.30.50.8mJanMarMayJulSepNov20260.30.50.8mJanAprJulOct2026

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

What this means

At 0.11 m, the River Nidd at Hunsingore is below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 0.16 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the river level is 0.05 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.12 m, a difference of −0.02 m.

The level is falling, down 0.01 m 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 0.16 m.

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

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

Key numbers

Median for this date
0.16 m0.05 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.10 m – 0.31 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Normal range
0.08 m – 0.70 m
Same day last year
0.12 m−0.02 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.08 m – 0.16 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.07 m – 0.83 m
Highest on record
3.06 mDecember 26, 2015
Lowest on record
0.01 mMay 31, 1984

On the river at Hunsingore

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 Nidd

River Nidd

The River Nidd is a tributary of the River Ouse in the English county of North Yorkshire. It rises in Nidderdale at Nidd Head Spring on the slopes of Great Whernside. In its first few miles it has been dammed three times, creating Angram Reservoir, Scar House Reservoir and Gouthwaite Reservoir, which attract a total of around 150,000 visitors a year. It joins the River Ouse at Nun Monkton.

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

17 Sat 12° 5° – Wind 22 km/h
18 Sun 12° 6° 0.1 mm, 37% Wind 19 km/h
19 Mon 14° 9° 0.7 mm, 61% Wind 19 km/h
20 Tue 12° 9° 3.1 mm, 49% Wind 14 km/h
21 Wed 11° 7° 10 mm, 45% Wind 19 km/h
22 Thu 12° 4° 5.1 mm, 42% Wind 18 km/h
23 Fri 11° 6° 53 mm, 76% Wind 32 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:37 AM Sunset 06:06 PM Daylight 10 hr, 29 min First quarter 44%

Map

Other gauges on the River Nidd

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Skip BridgeRiver gauge, River Nidd 0.57 m Normal −0.13 m 6.2 km
BirstwithRiver gauge, River Nidd 0.14 m Low −0.02 m 21 km
Pateley BridgeRiver gauge, River Nidd 0.14 m Low −0.01 m 30 km
GouthwaiteRiver gauge, River Nidd 0.06 m Low −0.01 m 32 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Blackstones FarmRiver gauge, River Crimple 0.17 m Low −0.04 m 2.7 km
Flint MillRiver gauge, River Wharfe 0.63 m Normal −0.03 m 5.7 km
CollinghamRiver gauge, River Wharfe 0.60 m Normal −0.05 m 8.0 km
Aldwark BridgeRiver gauge, River Ure 0.16 m Normal −0.02 m 10.0 km
Bramham ScreensRiver gauge, Bramham Beck 0.19 m Normal −0.01 m 10 km
TadcasterRiver gauge, River Wharfe 0.25 m Normal −0.03 m 10 km
MonktonRiver gauge, River Ouse 0.48 m Normal −0.03 m 11 km
Newton on OuseRiver gauge, River Kyle 0.16 m Very low +0.01 m 11 km

Questions and answers

Is the River Nidd at Hunsingore higher than last year?

No, it is 0.02 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.12 m.

What is a normal level for the River Nidd at Hunsingore in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.16 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.10 m and 0.31 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 0.11 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Hunsingore today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 22:30 BST, the water level was 0.11 m. Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Hunsingore rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Hunsingore normal?

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

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Hunsingore?

The highest level on record is 3.06 m on December 26, 2015. The lowest is 0.01 m on May 31, 1984.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
Operator
Environment Agency
Station code
ea:F2104 (Agency page)
Coordinates
53.97129, -1.34900 (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 0.11 m 2026-10-17 21:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Hunsingore (ea:F2104). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/north-yorkshire/hunsingore

How we check values

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