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The highest level ever recorded at the River Aire at Armley is 5.21m, reached on Sunday 27th December 2015 at 2:15am. Note that this data may not take account of recent measurements, as we wait until a level has been verified by the Environment Agency before adding it to our records.
National river flow archive data and downloads for station 27028 - Aire at Armley, including daily flow, peak flow, catchment info and trends (for some stations) data.
5.21m. Water reaches the highest level recorded at this measuring station (recorded on 27 December 2015) Show on chart. 5.04m. Historical event: Flooding to properties on Burley Road, Leeds....
National river flow archive data and downloads for station 27028 - Aire at Armley, including daily flow, peak flow, catchment info and trends (for some stations) data.
- In The Days Just Before Christmas in Leeds . . .
- Christmas Day 2015
- Boxing Day 2015
- Monday 28th December 2015
Storm Eva is battering Cumbria (west coast of England) with winds of 80 miles an hour and very heavy rain.Cumbria has lots of flooding and this starts to affect other places around it.The River Aire (normally has a height of 0.9m) records a record high of 2.95m at Crown Point.In Armley the river rises to 4.61m during the night. Its normal level is only up to 2.65m.The Environment Agency issues a red warning – its highest alert, which means “significant impacts to infrastructure and risk to life in the area”.The River Aire bursts its banks. 1000 homes are flooded and 400 businesses are underwater in the city centre, Kirkstall and Otley.By 10.30pm 15000 people have no power & the train line in Kirkstall is under 1.2m of water.The rain has stopped and the water starts to subside (go back to normal).The floods battered 3,355 properties in Leeds, 672 of which were businesses.Monitoring Station Statistics. River data for Armley Level (Stage). We provide flood insurance for homes in this area.
Armley Catchment. This map shows the appoximate outline of the catchment area which feeds into the measuring station at Armley. All the rain which falls onto the blue area, that is not absorbed into the soil or evaporated, will eventually flow to the sea via Armley.