Loftus East Crescent water level

Name: Loftus East Crescent water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

River gauge, Loftus Beck, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.34m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 18:45 BST (38 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Loftus Beck at Loftus East Crescent is at 0.34 m, within its typical range.

The usual range here runs from 0.10 m to 1.40 m.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.33 m and 0.40 m.

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: 0.10 m – 1.40 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.33 m – 0.40 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.33 m – 0.34 m
Highest on record: 2.67 mAugust 5, 2023
Lowest on record: 0.00 mDecember 22, 2022

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 Environment Agency.

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.

18 Sun 12° 8° 1.5 mm, 79% Wind 18 km/h

19 Mon 14° 11° 1.2 mm, 73% Wind 21 km/h

20 Tue 12° 10° 5.2 mm, 41% Wind 23 km/h

21 Wed 11° 6° 11 mm, 65% Wind 26 km/h

22 Thu 11° 4° 1.9 mm, 30% Wind 24 km/h

23 Fri 9° 2° 0.5 mm, 61% Wind 36 km/h

24 Sat 9° 3° – Wind 38 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:38 AM Sunset 06:01 PM Daylight 10 hr, 23 min First quarter 52%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
SkinningroveRiver gauge, Kilton Beck	5.02 m	Very low	−0.01 m	1.9 km
CastletonRiver gauge, River Esk	0.07 m	Low	±0	11 km
LealholmRiver gauge, River Esk	0.09 m	Normal	−0.02 m	11 km
EasbyRiver gauge, River Leven	0.09 m	Very low	±0	17 km
Great AytonRiver gauge, River Leven	0.05 m	Low	±0	18 km
Middlesbrough Ormesby HallRiver gauge, Ormesby Beck	0.01 m	Very low	±0	21 km
Stokesley UpstreamRiver gauge, River Leven	0.46 m	Normal	+0.01 m	21 km
StokesleyRiver gauge, River Leven	0.12 m	Normal	+0.01 m	22 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for Loftus Beck at Loftus East Crescent?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.10 m to 1.40 m for this gauge.

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 0.34 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Loftus East Crescent today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 18:45 BST, the water level was 0.34 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Loftus East Crescent rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Loftus East Crescent 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 Loftus East Crescent?

The highest level on record is 2.67 m on August 5, 2023. The lowest is 0.00 m on December 22, 2022.

How often is this data updated?

The Environment Agency 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: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:L2926 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 54.55408, -0.88045 (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

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	0.34 m	2026-10-18 17:45	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Loftus East Crescent (ea:L2926). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/north-yorkshire/loftus-east-crescent

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