There are flood alerts within 5 miles of this measuring station

River Great Ouse level at St Ives

Latest at 8:00pm on 17 January

Height: 1.17m
Trend: Falling
State: High

Normal range 0.14m to 0.36m

Height in metres over the last 5 days

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

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How levels here could affect nearby areas

1.52m: Water reaches the highest level recorded at this measuring station (25 December 2020)
1.47m: Property flooding is possible above this level
1.17m: Latest level
0.63m (level exceeded): Low-lying land flooding possible above this level. One or more flood alerts may be issued.
0.36m (level exceeded): Top of normal range

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