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Current Level
0.096 m
▼ Easing
24h Max
0.134 m
24h Min
0.096 m
Typical Range
0.08 - 0.70
m
Highest Recorded
3.06 m
EA official record
2.53 in our data (since Oct 1966)
Current level is 3% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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1 day
EA forecast (official)
Prediction V2
Prediction Eris
Nimbus beta
Experimental model fusing soil moisture, river flow, groundwater and catchment
character. The shaded band is its 10–90% range, widened so that about 80% of recent outcomes fall inside it.
Under evaluation — not yet promoted, so treat as a second opinion.
River Flow
90 days
Daily mean discharge (m³/s) with the daily min–max band, from the EA Hydrology API. Flow is the volume of water passing the gauge — often a more direct flood signal than level.
Flow Data: Daily mean flow (m³/s) to 4 May (157 days behind — the EA publishes each day's mean a day or two after it ends; unchecked, provisional)via EA Hydrology
Storm overflows whose water reaches this gauge on the mapped river network, nearest first by distance along the river. The status is each water company's monitor: it says whether an overflow is discharging, not how much or what it contains.
45 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 5.3 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 43 report not discharging, and for 2 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.
Yorkshire Water · into Whixley Cut · 5.4 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
58 spills · 210 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
7 other overflows within 6 km are downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so they are not listed.
These are the water companies' monitor statuses; a spill does not by itself explain a change in the gauge level. River connections and distances are traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels. Explore the sewage map →
In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 0.70 m
on about 10 days.
This year so far: 5 days.
20265 days, 2 of them high · 2 highso far
20257 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
202412 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
202325 days, 19 of them high · 19 high
20226 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
202112 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
202012 days, 10 of them high · 10 high
201911 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
20187 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
20171 day, 1 of them high · 1 high
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 0.99 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.
Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2011 for the 11 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.1 km away).
Warnings apply to a whole flood area, not necessarily this exact spot. Years before 2006 aren't covered by the EA's historic record.
See also the Hunsingore flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 11 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
🌊 Fairly flashyResponds fairly quickly to rain, with moderate baseflow between events.
Your catchment is all the land that drains rainfall into the river above this gauge. Its character — how
steep, wet, wooded, urban or chalky that land is — decides how fast rain here turns into a rising river. A steep, bare or clay
catchment is “flashy” (rises and falls quickly, floods easily); a flat, chalk or well-wooded one is
slow and steady. The tiles below put numbers to that; the flow-duration curve reads left-to-right
from the river’s typical high flows (Q5) down to its low flows (Q95) — a steep curve means a flashy river.
The physical character of the land that drains to this gauge, and how it shapes its flood response — from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
Baseflow Index
0.41
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,017 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +5% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
3.2%
partly urbanised
Median Annual Flood
116 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
235 m³/s
26 Dec 2015 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
Flow-Duration Curve
Daily flow (m³/s) exceeded each % of the time — a steep curve is flashy, a flat one is steady. Q5 high · Q50 median · Q95 low.
Broad-crested masonry mill weir influenced by headwater reservoirs at low flows.
More detail
The catchment
Mostly moderately permeable. Upper Carboniferous Millstone Grit series down to Knaresborough, where Carboniferous Goredale rocks form an inlier. Magnesian Limestone lies on top of the Grits, dipping east, followed by general drift cover below Knaresborough. Just under half of the catchment is overlain by superficial deposits. Predominantly rural; half grassland with moorland headwaters and arable in lower valley which is flat and the river meandering. No known catchment changes.
The station
Broad-crested masonry mill weir (49.8m wide) placed diagonally across the river, with a cableway d/s at Cowthorpe. Station intended to be replaced by full-range ultrasonic gauge at Skip Bridge (27062) but remains open due to the value of the long record.
How it measures flow
Insensitive weir due to width. Broad crest prone to collecting debris. Weir drowns in the mid-range, and is by-passed at the highest levels (beginning at 2.41m). Cableway 1km downstream at Cowthorpe, also by-passed and drowned in extreme flows. Multiple peak flow ratings apply across period of record, different lower limbs have been used for periods when opening of by-pass sluice gate affected flows. Hydraulic modelling gives more confidence to post October 1966 ratings, but caution is advised. Level measurement by shaft encoder and bubbler. Flood Studies Report grade A2.
Flow regime
Opening and closing of mill race sluices has occurred but was unlikely to have affected high flows. Regulatory effect of headwater reservoirs (Angram, Scar House and Gouthwaite) is evident at low flows. Gouthwaite controls 24% of the catchment and has a significant impact in low flow periods. Mill operation evident in the early record. Overall net export of water.
The flow record
Flows in pre-digital period cannot be reprocessed and therefore peak flows are marked as rejected. Operation of by-pass sluice in the 1980s caused difficulties; flows subsequently revised. No data for June 1984 - March 1985 due to site works. Flows from 1966 onwards have all been re-processed with revised ratings, earlier peaks (notably 1946, 1965) still rely on old ratings and likely to be overestimated. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2020 (WINFAP Files v9).
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Nidd at Hunsingore flooding today?
The current level is 0.10m, which is within the typical range of 0.08 to 0.70m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Hunsingore?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling slightly. The chart above shows the last 12 hours of measurements by default (up to 7 days), updated roughly every 15 minutes.
Why is the level slowly falling?
When little or no rain has fallen for a while, a river level gradually drops as the water stored in the ground and soil drains away with nothing to replace it. This is called baseflow recession and is normal in dry spells. Only about 9.2mm of rain has fallen nearby in the last 7 days, so the flow is being sustained mainly by groundwater. A gentle decline like this is expected and is not a sign of a problem — downstream gauges often recede a little faster than headwaters further upstream, and levels recover once rain returns.
What is a normal level for the River Nidd at Hunsingore?
The typical range at this station is 0.08m to 0.70m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.70m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.
How often is this river level data updated?
Readings are supplied by the Environment Agency gauge. FloodRadar checks for updates roughly every 15 minutes; the timestamp above shows how recent the latest available reading is.
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