Borness
River Barrow, County Laois
0.278 m
Read at 14:30 on 2 Nov, 25 minutes ago.
Little change over 3 hours.
Level over 5 weeks
Against the archive
The peak in the last 24 hours, 0.302 m, is the highest since 31 Oct, when it reached 0.374 m.
The low in the last 24 hours, 0.279 m, is the lowest since 22 Oct.
The latest reading is above the average level on 56% of the 36 days in the archive.
Archive high 1.705 m on 24 Oct. Archive low 0.175 m on 20 Oct.
This record covers 36 days, not a full run of seasons, so “highest” here only means highest so far. It may still be ordinary for this river. One-off spikes are ignored when working out highs and lows, but faults can last longer than that.
This archive holds 2,493 readings over 36 days, back to 28 Sept 2026. Riverbook has been collecting for 2 hours, since 2 Nov 2026. Readings before that come from the OPW’s five-week file.
Elsewhere on the Barrow
- Carlow 0.81 m down 1.3 cm in 3 hours
- Portarlington 0.53 m steady over 3 hours
- Pass Bridge 1.12 m down 1.3 cm in 3 hours
- Royal Oak 0.69 m down 1 cm in 3 hours
- Levitstown 2.05 m down 1 cm in 3 hours
- Barrow New Bridge 0.47 m steady over 3 hours
- Graiguenamanagh U/S 0.50 m steady over 3 hours
Nearest gauges
- Chapel StreetRiver Pound 0.21 m 2.4 km away
- Manor RoadRiver Pound -0.04 m 2.7 km away
- PortarlingtonRiver Barrow 0.53 m 8.4 km away
- CushinaRiver Cushina 0.43 m 11 km away
- Pass BridgeRiver Barrow 1.12 m 16 km away
About this gauge
- Reference
- 14003
- Operator
- OPW
- Hydrometric area
- 14
- Position
- 53.1322, -7.3084
See this gauge on waterlevel.ie
Data from the OPW, licensed CC BY 4.0, subject to its disclaimer and conditions.