Office of Public Works water-level station
River Shannon level at Athlone
Station number 26027
Latest at
- Water level
- 2.15m
More information about the water level
This is the level at this measuring station. Levels at different stations may use different reference points, so do not compare them directly.
- Estimated trend
- Little change
More information about the estimated trend
Estimated from the last 5 readings shown over 60 minutes. It is not a forecast or a flood assessment.
Readings are provisional and may be revised.
Water levels over the last 7 days
This page shows up to 7 days of readings. Older readings are not shown, and some readings within this period may be missing.
Readings are provisional and may be revised. This chart does not show whether flooding is expected.
Past water levels and flooding near this station
- 5.88m
- Highest recorded level at this station
- 4.98m
- Median flood level in the Office of Public Works record
- 2.15m
- Latest reported level
The highest recorded level may be revised. The median flood level is a statistical reference in the Office of Public Works dataset. Neither is the level where nearby flooding starts, and neither predicts whether flooding will happen again. Read about the source data.
View past high water levels
The readings below are the highest annual water levels in the available Office of Public Works record for this station. The record contains 73 annual readings from 1952 to 2024.
Past high levels do not show when flooding starts
These are readings at this measuring station. They are not matched to flooding nearby and must not be used as flood thresholds or predictions. The Office of Public Works marks at least one of the readings below as unchecked, so it may contain errors or be revised.
- 5.88m
- Annual high water level — unchecked OPW record
- 5.85m
- Annual high water level — unchecked OPW record
- 5.62m
- Annual high water level — unchecked OPW record
- 5.40m
- Annual high water level — unchecked OPW record
- 5.36m
- Annual high water level — unchecked OPW record
Read about the OPW Hydro-Data source. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0.
View past water levels for this station on OPW Hydro-Data
View nearby past flood events
The Office of Public Works report shows recorded flood events within 2.5 kilometres of this station.
Event locations are approximate. A nearby event is not necessarily connected to this gauge. Where a same-day station reading is shown, it is context only and is not a matched flood-impact level.
These levels are context only
Each number is the highest reading recorded at this station on the same calendar date as a nearby flood record. It is a reading from this station, but we cannot match it to the nearby flooding or confirm that it was the event peak. Do not treat it as a level at which flooding will happen or as a prediction.
- 5.79m
- Shannon flood extents 30th Nov 2009 Nearby record dated 30 November 2009. We cannot match this level to the nearby flooding.
- 5.31m
- Shannon McQuaids Bridge Athlone Feb 1995Shannon Clonown Road Athlone Feb 1995 Nearby record dated 3 February 1995. We cannot match this level to the nearby flooding.
View nearby past flood events on Floodinfo.ie
Past-event names © Office of Public Works, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, and shown unchanged. The same-day comparison and rounded gauge levels are River Levels context derived from OPW hydrometric data licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Historical records are not a forecast or warning. An area can still flood even if no past event is listed.