River Water Watch

Flood-regime river

The Seine

Next 12 months

water = chance the month sails clean · dot = live forecast

1

1

1

1

13

18

19

40

13

17

3

0

Aug*

Sep*

Oct*

Nov*

Dec*

Jan*

Feb*

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Last five years, month by month

2025 (top row) to 2021: marks are months that hit high water · solid = a week or more

Chance of a clean sailing by month; numbers show % disruption risk. Water below the dashed line: expect rerouting. *Months use the live forecast; the rest use the thirty-year record.

RAIN · upper Seine basin (Troyes, Châtillonnais): last 45 days 78 mm vs 170 mm normal (-54%) · next 16 days 71 mm vs 64 mm (+12%)

Seine at Paris

Paris, where the risk is flood rather than low water: the Seine is locked and rain-fed

PARIS-AUSTERLITZ 94 cm

Today vs 30 years
p2.8
Status now
normal range
Disruption threshold
840 m³/s
This week's risk
1%

Weekly outlook · 30 weeks

2026-08-122027-03-03
Weekly outlook, thirty weeks: water level = chance the week sails clean.

2026-08-122027-03-03

Seine at Vernon

mid-Seine between Paris and Rouen

MODEL 138 m³/s

Today vs 30 years
p3.6
Status now
normal range
Disruption threshold
1166 m³/s
This week's risk
1%

Weekly outlook · 30 weeks

2026-08-122027-03-03
Weekly outlook, thirty weeks: water level = chance the week sails clean.

2026-08-122027-03-03

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