Thurles water level

Name: Thurles 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, Suir, Tipperary, Ireland

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.30m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 09:30 GMT+1 (24 min ago)

History

7 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The gauge at Thurles reads 0.30 m, a normal level.

The usual range here runs from 0.20 m to 0.98 m.

It has barely moved 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: 0.20 m – 0.98 m
Highest on record: 1.90 m

On the river at Thurles

A level in the typical range is usually good news for both anglers and canoeists, but conditions can change quickly after rain in the hills.

Flood warnings for the area come from the OPW and Met Éireann.

About the Suir

The River Suir is a river in Ireland that flows into the Celtic Sea through Waterford after a distance of 185 kilometres (115 mi). The catchment area of the Suir is 3,610 km2. Its long-term average flow rate is 76.9 cubic metres per second (m3/s), about twice the flow of either the River Barrow or the River Nore before these join, but a little less than the Barrow's flow when it meets the Suir 20 km downstream.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 10 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 12° 1° – Wind 10 km/h

18 Sun 12° 2° – Wind 7 km/h

19 Mon 12° 3° – Wind 16 km/h

20 Tue 14° 6° 1.3 mm, 55% Wind 24 km/h

21 Wed 10° 5° 30 mm, 55% Wind 43 km/h

22 Thu 11° 3° 0.6 mm, 50% Wind 23 km/h

23 Fri 7° 4° 27 mm, 78% Wind 40 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:01 AM Sunset 06:34 PM Daylight 10 hr, 33 min First quarter 38%

Map

Other gauges on the Suir

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
BeakstownRiver gauge, Suir	0.33 m	Normal	±0	5.0 km
New Bridge SuirRiver gauge, Suir	0.27 m	Normal	+0.01 m	28 km
Caher ParkRiver gauge, Suir	0.28 m	Normal	−0.03 m	37 km
Joyce's LaneRiver gauge, Suir	0.15 m	Normal	−0.02 m	37 km
Workhouse BridgeRiver gauge, Suir	0.57 m	Normal	−0.02 m	37 km
ClonmelRiver gauge, Suir	0.31 m	Normal	−0.04 m	37 km
Sandy BanksRiver gauge, Suir	0.53 m	No reference yet	−0.04 m	38 km
KnockloftyRiver gauge, Suir	−0.02 m	Normal	−0.05 m	38 km
ArdfinnanRiver gauge, Suir	1.02 m	Normal	−0.02 m	41 km
Newcastle BridgeRiver gauge, Suir	0.41 m	Normal	−0.04 m	45 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
ClobannaRiver gauge, Rossestown	0.20 m	Normal	±0	4.3 km
AthlummonRiver gauge, Drish	0.26 m	Normal	−0.01 m	4.8 km
RathkennanRiver gauge, Clodiagh	0.31 m	Normal	−0.01 m	9.5 km
TemplemoreRiver gauge, Mall	0.23 m	Normal	±0	13 km
AughnagrossRiver gauge, Multeen	0.13 m	Normal	−0.01 m	22 km
BallinacloghRiver gauge, Multeen	0.49 m	Normal	−0.01 m	23 km
KillardryRiver gauge, Aherlow	0.36 m	Normal	−0.01 m	31 km
Borris-In-OssoryRiver gauge, Nore	0.61 m	Normal	−0.01 m	31 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the Suir at Thurles?

The Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) gives a typical range of 0.20 m to 0.98 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 0.30 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Thurles today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 09:30 GMT+1, the water level was 0.30 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Thurles rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Thurles 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 Thurles?

The highest level on record is 1.90 m.

How often is this data updated?

The 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:16004 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 52.67906, -7.80962 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: OD Malin Head OSGM15
Gauge zero: 93.342 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	0.30 m	2026-10-17 08:30	Provisional

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Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie): Thurles (opw:16004). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/ireland/tipperary/thurles

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