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River Wear level at Chester-Le-Street

Latest at 2:30pm on 16 September

Height
0.33m
Trend
Rising
State
Normal

Normal range 0.29m to 3.00m

Height in metres over the last 5 days

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How levels here could affect nearby areas

4.06m
Water reaches the highest level recorded at this measuring station (recorded on 18 July 2009)
3.80m
Low lying land flooding is possible above this level. One or more flood alerts may be issued
3.70m
Property flooding is possible above this level. One or more flood warnings may be issued
3.00m
This is the top of the normal range
0.33m
Latest level

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