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Live river level, flow, historical records and forecast for Southcourt Brook at Churchill Avenue in England, United Kingdom, built from official government gauge data.
Southcourt Brook is a gauged river in England.
The EA record for this gauge runs back more than 23 years.
The highest level in the record is 1.54 m (5.05 ft), set in November 2015. The lowest is 0.53 m (1.74 ft), set in September 2006. That range matters for anyone using the brook: the water can sit near low summer levels for long stretches, but it has also reached much higher levels in late autumn.
The seasonal pattern is modest. The highest month is November at 0.7 m (2.31 ft), and the lowest month is August at 0.65 m (2.12 ft). The typical annual swing is 5.8 cm (2.3 in). For cottagers and anglers, that means the brook usually changes by a small amount through the year, but the record shows it can still move well beyond the typical band.
No watershed name is given for this station, so the page should be read as a gauge-level view of this reach only.
For a temperate river like this one, the main pattern is a spring rise from snowmelt or rainfall and lower water in summer. On this record, the highest month is November rather than spring, which is simply what the gauge shows. The seasonal low in August fits the usual summer pattern, and the difference between the typical months is small.
The hero number on this page is the current reading set beside the median for the same calendar day across the station’s 23-year record. That is more useful than raw elevation because it tells you whether today’s water level is ordinary for this date, high for the season, or low for the season.
For a neighbour, that comparison is the practical one. A level can look plain on its own, but if it sits well above the day’s median, docks, banks, and access points are behaving more like a high-water day. If it sits below the median, the brook is running lean for the date.
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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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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