River Great Ouse at Houghton
The River Great Ouse at Houghton read 0.302 m at .
- Newest reading
- 0.302 mProvisional
- Change
- +0.034 m in a day
- +0.023 m in a week
That is within the typical range of 0.256 m to 0.452 m that the Environment Agency gives for this station.
The last 90 days
- Level
- Our record
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Normal range and official levels
- Typical range, low: 0.256 m. The newest reading is 0.046 m above it.Set by This uses Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta).
- Typical range, high: 0.452 m. The newest reading is 0.15 m below it.Set by This uses Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 2 October 2025: 0.366 m at 09:15 BST on 1 October 2026. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 2 October 2025: 0.215 m at 19:30 BST on 6 October 2025. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 2 October 2025: 0.285 m on 6 September 2026. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 2 October 2025: 0.258 m on 6 October 2025. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest on record: 0.008 m, on 1 July 1999.Set by This uses Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta).
- Highest in recent years: 0.843 m, on 26 November 2012.Set by This uses Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta).
- Highest on record: 0.964 m, on 24 December 2020.Set by This uses Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta).
About this gauge
Houghton is a gauge on the River Great Ouse in the United Kingdom.
It lies at 52.3307° N, 0.1208° W.
Its readings come from the Environment Agency.
The gauge reads the height of the water above a fixed zero, not the depth of the river. Its zero lies at 7.5 mAOD.
The Environment Agency says its real-time data should not be relied upon for safety critical applications.
The newest reading is provisional: the source may still correct it.