Mercy Hospital
River Lee, County Cork
1.630 m
Read at 17:30 on 2 Nov, 17 minutes ago.
Falling: down 100 cm in 3 hours.
Level over 48 hours
Against the archive
The peak in the last 24 hours, 4.016 m, is the highest since 31 Oct, when it reached 4.474 m.
The low in the last 24 hours, 1.501 m, is the lowest since 31 Oct.
The latest reading is above the average level on 0% of the 36 days in the archive.
Archive high 5.333 m on 26 Oct. Archive low 0.826 m on 10 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 10,095 readings over 36 days, back to 28 Sept 2026. Riverbook has been collecting for 5 hours, since 2 Nov 2026. Readings before that come from the OPW’s five-week file.
Elsewhere on the Lee
- Inniscarra Headrace 46.77 m down 3 cm in 3 hours
- Carrigadrohid Headrace 62.32 m down 3 cm in 3 hours
- Cooldaniel 0.63 m steady over 3 hours
- Inniscarra Tailrace 1.20 m steady over 3 hours
- Fitzgerald's Park 0.90 m steady over 3 hours
- Pope’s Quay 1.53 m down 109 cm in 3 hours
Nearest gauges
- Pope’s QuayRiver Lee 1.53 m 0.7 km away
- Fitzgerald's ParkRiver Lee 0.90 m 1.1 km away
- St Patrick’s Quay (East)Lee Estuary 3.35 m 1.4 km away
- Waterworks WeirLee Estuary 1.08 m 1.9 km away
- County HallRiver Curragheen 1.84 m 1.9 km away
About this gauge
- Reference
- 19164
- Operator
- OPW
- Hydrometric area
- 19
- Position
- 51.9001, -8.4838
See this gauge on waterlevel.ie
Data from the OPW, licensed CC BY 4.0, subject to its disclaimer and conditions.