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River Levels

Lerwick Monitoring Station

Latest Tidal Level

1.360m

At 11:45am, Sunday 13th October BST
(10:45am, Sunday 13th October GMT)

Within the usual range for this location

Falling, -0.040 from previous measurement at 11:30am, Sunday 13th October BST


This is a tidal level, measured from mean sea level rather than from the river bed. It can, therefore, be negative, and does not give any indication of water depth. Tidal levels are not necessarily updated frequently, and may not reflect tidal movements throughout the day.

There are no flood warning locations near this monitoring station.

Seven Day Level Chart

Long Term Level Chart

Darker blue shaded areas on long term data indicate maximum and minimum levels for the date (you may need to zoom in closer to see them).

Long term data may have gaps where the API data was not available.

Download long term data as csv

Note: CSV data will include any outlying values that have been ignored by our graphing system as probably erroneous (eg, because they are ridiculously high compared to the values either side of them). It is your responsibility to filter these out if necessary.

Important! If you are planning to retrieve the csv data automatically, you must read and understand the limitations on the data and its availability.

Location and Technical Data

  • Monitoring Station: Lerwick
  • Watercourse:
  • Nearest Town/Village:
  • Local Authority: Shetland Islands
  • Ceremonial County: Shetland
  • Coordinates: 60°9'14"N 1°8'25"W (60.15403,-1.14031)
  • OS Grid: HU 47829 41374 (447829,1141374)
  • Mapcode (Local): GBR R1JW.XW0
  • Mapcode (Global): XHFB4.K1PL
  • Open Location Code: 9CGW5V35+JV
  • Maidenhead Locator System: IP90kd36
  • Environment Agency Location ID: E74424
  • Environment Agency Gauge ID: E74424-level-tidal_level-Mean-15_min-m
  • UK Hydrometric Area: Shetlands

Please note: Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

The usual range of the Lerwick Monitoring Station is between 0.23m and 2.46m. It has been between these levels for 90% of the time since monitoring began.

The typical recent level of the Lerwick Monitoring Station over the past 12 months has been between 0.18m and 2.55m. It has been between these levels for at least 150 days in the past year.

Nearby Monitoring Locations

There are no other monitored rivers nearby

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