River Great Ouse level at Thornborough

Latest at 11:00pm on 19 November

Height: 0.49m
Trend: Steady
State: Normal

Normal range 0.32m to 0.62m

Height in metres over the last 5 days

We take measurements more often as the risk of flooding increases.

Levels that are very low or below zero are normal for some stations.

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How levels here could affect nearby areas

1.24m: Water reaches the highest level recorded at this measuring station (14 December 1979)
0.90m: Property flooding is possible above this level
0.62m: Top of normal range
0.49m: Latest level
0.40m (level exceeded): Low-lying land flooding possible above this level. One or more flood alerts may be issued.

Flooding might not happen again at the same historical levels. This may be because flood management schemes are now in place.

How we measure river, sea and groundwater levels