Environment Agency122WAF933Yorkshire
Lower River Nidd catchment: flood history since 2015
The Environment Agency has issued 95 flood alerts for Lower River Nidd catchment since 8 Nov 2015, most often in November; the busiest year was 2019 (19).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Lower River Nidd catchment
- Code
- 122WAF933
- Environment Agency area
- Yorkshire
- County
- Leeds, North Yorkshire
- River or sea
- River Nidd
- First in the history
- 8 Nov 2015
- Latest in the history file
- 11 Feb 2026
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 7 | 0 | 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 2015 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 |
|---|---|
| 11 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 9 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 20 Sep 2025 | Flood alert |
| 14 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 14 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 1 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 24 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 9 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.