Skip to main content
National River Flow Archive
menu

Main menu

  • Home
  • About NRFA
    • What we do
    • Why we do it
    • History
    • 30 Years
    • Partnerships
    • National and International Role
  • Data
    • Search for data
    • Accessing Data
    • About Data
    • Peak Flow Dataset
  • Hydrometric Network
  • NHMP
    • Hydrological Summaries
    • Blogs
    • Major Hydrological Events
    • Hydrological Review of the year
  • News
  • Publications
  • Help
  • Contact
  • FAQs
  • UKCEH website
  • -A +A
Picture looking upstream a rural river at low flows, with shingle banks alongside the banks.

Home Page

    • Map show the catchment boundary of gauging station, overlaid with rainfall amount information

      Search Data

      Search for gauging stations using our interactive map and download metadata.
    • A hydrograph showing gauged daily flows

      About Data

      Learn about the archives, the data the NRFA holds and how the data can be interpreted and used.

    • National Hydrological Monitoring Programme

      The voice on hydrological conditions throughout the UK.
    • A river in Scotland at high flow. The picture also shows the cableway across the river where spot gaugings can be taken in times of high flow.

      Peak Flow Dataset

      Download the NRFA Peak Flow Dataset for use in WINFAP software for flood estimation.
    • A screenshot of the UK Water Resources Portal

      UK Water Resources Portal

      Track latest hydrological situation across the UK via our new portal.
    • A historical black and white photo of a gauging station. A man is standing downstream of the weir. The river is in a state of low flows.Gauging Station

      About NRFA

      Learn about what the NRFA does, our history, partnerships and national and international roles.

Recent News

River Flow spotmap for April 2023
April 2023 Hydrological Summary Published
16th May 2023
March 2023 Hydrological Summary Published
18th Apr 2023
NRFA Visit to Kent and South London with the Environment Agency
14th Apr 2023



More news

Sign up to the NRFA newsletter

@UK_NRFA

  • RT @UK_CEH: Latest UK Hydrological Outlook: Below normal river flows in north & west in June; normal to below normal elsewher… https://t.co/BpeNC00l6O
    20 hours 9 min ago
  • Fantastic #toptrumps bursting with lovely @UK_NRFA data about gauging stations lovingly operated by @EnvAgency… https://t.co/qgQSCGBE3g
    1 day 22 hours ago
  • RT @johncurtinEA: Well what a little pack of magic at #floodandcoast2023 - river gauging station #toptrumps! My not so inner hydrolog… https://t.co/vONSKkO7Lp
    1 day 22 hours ago
  • Home
  • Helpdesk
  • Newsletter sign up
  • Hydrological Summary sign up
  • Data Terms & Conditions
  • Contact us
  • Cookies
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility Statement

Logo for the UK-Scape project, the NRFA's funder

The logo of the Environment Agency   The logo of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
    The logo of Natural Resources Wales         The logo of Department for Rivers - Infrastructure