Barmouth water level

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

Tidal gauge, Wales, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Water level

2.54m Up 0.30 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 04:15 BST (50 min ago)

History

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Water level

What this means

The Environment Agency has Barmouth at 2.54 m. There is no published reference for this tidal gauge yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

It is on the way up, by 0.30 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.79 m – 10.05 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +1.49 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.79 m – 10.05 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 2.64 m – 4.18 m

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 6.6 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 12° 5° – Wind 14 km/h

19 Mon 13° 6° 0.9 mm, 49% Wind 16 km/h

20 Tue 13° 4° – Wind 9 km/h

21 Wed 8° 5° 7.5 mm, 84% Wind 25 km/h

22 Thu 12° 8° 11 mm, 82% Wind 22 km/h

23 Fri 9° 5° – Wind 27 km/h

24 Sat 10° 8° 10 mm, 94% Wind 43 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:47 AM Sunset 06:17 PM Daylight 10 hr, 29 min First quarter 46%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
BarmouthTidal gauge	0.10 m	No reference yet	+0.30 m	0.0 km
Bryntail River StationRiver gauge	0.15 m	No reference yet	±0	41 km
Meifod River StationRiver gauge	0.94 m	No reference yet	−0.07 m	54 km
Abermule River StationRiver gauge	0.66 m	No reference yet	−0.06 m	58 km
Munlyn River StationRiver gauge	0.30 m	No reference yet	−0.11 m	61 km
Llanymynech River StationRiver gauge	1.64 m	No reference yet	−0.18 m	63 km
LlanyblodwelRiver gauge, River Tanat	0.30 m	Low	−0.04 m	63 km
DutlasRiver gauge, River Teme	0.08 m	Very low	±0	70 km

Questions and answers

What is the water level of Barmouth today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 04:15 BST, the water level was 2.54 m. Up 0.30 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Barmouth rising or falling?

Up 0.30 m over the last 24 hours. Up 1.49 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Barmouth normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

How often is this data updated?

The Environment Agency publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from the Environment Agency, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:E73224
Coordinates: 52.71931, -4.04503 (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	2.54 m	2026-10-18 03:15	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Barmouth (ea:E73224). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/wales/barmouth

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