Environment Agency065FWC8101Solent and South Downs
Cowes, East Cowes, and Newport: flood history since 2013
The Environment Agency has issued 10 flood warnings for Cowes, East Cowes, and Newport since 3 Nov 2013, most often in February; the busiest year was 2014 (3).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- Cowes, East Cowes, and Newport
- Code
- 065FWC8101
- Environment Agency area
- Solent and South Downs
- County
- Isle of Wight
- River or sea
- The Solent, English Channel
- First in the history
- 3 Nov 2013
- Latest in the history file
- 8 Apr 2024
- Current status
- check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)
Flood alert, flood warning, severe flood warning: what each means
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
How many alerts and warnings a year?
Flood alerts, flood warnings and severe flood warnings (updates not counted), by year. 2026 runs to the end of June.
The numbers
| Year | Alerts | Warnings | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
When in the year?
All alerts and warnings since 2013 by month.
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Before July 2026: the latest in the history file
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 8 Apr 2024 | Flood warning |
| 1 Nov 2023 | Flood warning |
| 28 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 17 Feb 2022 | Flood warning |
| 9 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 14 Feb 2014 | Flood warning |
| 4 Feb 2014 | Flood warning |
| 2 Jan 2014 | Flood warning |
| 5 Dec 2013 | Flood warning |
| 3 Nov 2013 | Flood warning |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.