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River & Rowing Conditions

River Thames at Reading
● LIVE DATA
🌊 STREAM FLOW RATE
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Flow safety scale --
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0 50 75 100 125+
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Environment Agency Reading gauge
💨 CURRENT WIND
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Gusts --
Bearing --
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🌫️ VISIBILITY
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Air temperature --
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Water temperature Loading... Shiplake proxy
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Rain now --
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Rain chance --
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Sunrise --
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Sunset --
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🌊 THAMES WATER TEMPERATURE
Measured above Shiplake Lock, used as a proxy for Reading
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CURRENT MEASURED TEMPERATURE
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The Shiplake logger is downstream of Reading and should be treated as a Thames-reach proxy, not a local landing-stage measurement. Always follow RUBC cold-water procedures.
✅ OFFICIAL THAMES CONDITIONS
Mapledurham Lock to Caversham Lock
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CURRENT OFFICIAL CONDITION
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Checking the Environment Agency conditions page.
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📈 RIVER FLOW HISTORY
Last 24 hours
0–50 Low / normal 50–75 High 75–100 Very high 100+ Danger
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🧭 WIND ON THE THAMES
Interactive map with live wind direction
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Drag to move the map. Use the controls, mouse wheel or pinch gesture to zoom. The large arrow shows where the air is travelling.
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☔ FLOW-RISE OUTLOOK
Experimental 14-day catchment indicator
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LIKELIHOOD OF FLOW RISING
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Low Moderate High Very high
Next 7 days --
Days 8–14 --
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Wettest day --
🚣 PRE-OUTING CHECK
1Check the official stream warning
2Check flow and landing-stage conditions
3Review wind, gusts and visibility
4Check water temperature and cold-water procedures
5Confirm sufficient daylight
Flow: Environment Agency • Weather: Open-Meteo • Water temperature: Shiplake Thames logger • Map: OpenStreetMap