River Skerne at John St Darlington Water Level
Live river level, flow, historical records and forecast for River Skerne at John St Darlington in England, United Kingdom, built from official government gauge data.
- Location England, United Kingdom
- Primary gauge ea-L3503 (Environment Agency)
About River Skerne at John St Darlington
River Skerne at John St Darlington is a gauged river in England.
What the record shows
The record at this station covers more than 29 years.
The highest level on record is 1.88 m (6.17 ft), set in November 2000. The lowest is -0.04 m (-0.15 ft), set in April 2019. That spread matters if you use the river edge for access, crossing, or bank-side work: the same gauge has seen water stand nearly 2 metres apart between extremes.
The seasonal shape is modest but clear. The highest typical month is January, at 0.3 m (0.97 ft). The lowest typical month is May, at 0.16 m (0.51 ft). The typical annual swing is 14.1 cm (5.6 in). For someone watching a private intake, a low dock, or a coarse-fishing spot, that is the size of the routine change to expect through the year, even before any sharp rise or drop.
The river
This gauge does not come with a mapped watershed name here, so the useful story is the river’s rhythm at this point. Winter sits higher than late spring, and the record also shows that the river can move well above that seasonal pattern when conditions line up.
For day-to-day use, the key point is that January tends to run above the rest of the year, while May tends to be the lower end of the cycle. If you are setting a rod pod, checking bank access, or judging where a small landing point will hold, the seasonal swing is the part to keep in mind.
Reading the hero number
The number shown on the page is most useful when compared with the median for this calendar day at the station, not with an absolute level on its own. A raw height by itself does not tell you whether the river is running high for today, low for today, or close to normal for this date.
That comparison is built from the station’s own history, which is why it works well here. Water Survey of Canada uses the same kind of day-by-day context on its stations; here, the data are published by the Environment Agency.
How this page is built
Readings come from official government gauges and are rolled into daily records: the daily mean, high and low for every day on record. Each calendar day gets its own baseline from the full history, so the level you see is compared against what this specific date usually looks like rather than an annual average.
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Nibi Metrics tracks more than 13,000 gauged lakes and rivers across Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, reading directly from official federal monitoring networks: the Water Survey of Canada, the United States Geological Survey, Quebec's provincial hydrometric network, and the Environment Agency for England. Every number on the platform is measured, not modelled - taken from a government gauge on the water itself and compared against that location's own historical record for this exact date.
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The level right now, in feet or metres, updated as the source agency publishes new readings - for many stations that is every five to fifteen minutes. How today compares to typical: every location carries its own typical-for-this-date band built from its historical record, so a reading is never just a number - it is above, below, or near what this water usually does on this calendar day. Which way it is moving: a measured RISING, FALLING, or STEADY verdict computed from the gauge's own recent readings, with the rate of change - the difference between a flood ending and one beginning. What comes next: level forecasts up to 72 hours ahead, driven by the gauge's recent behaviour, upstream water, and quantitative precipitation forecasts, alongside live radar, lightning, and weather for the surrounding region.
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