The Segura river in Murcia
Flow and level every 5 minutes on the CHS SAIH system
Live flow and level
- River flow (m³/s) and level at about 160 monitoring points, every 5 minutes
- Rainfall from over 350 rain gauges and reservoir levels
- Gauge cameras and hydrological alerts
Why it isn’t shown here: The SAIH viewer requires accepting terms and logging in through an access gateway, and doesn’t publish its data openly; that’s why we can’t read the live flow.
Normal levels at the Contraparada
1.8 m³/s
average flow, 2008–2019
In October: 1.7 m³/s
Monthly averages in m³/sCEDEX, Anuario de aforos
Record: 1,890 m³/s in the Santa Teresa flood (15 October 1879), about 1,000 times the average.
Floods of the Segura in Murcia
- 2019
The 2019 DANA storm shifted 150 stone blocks of the Contraparada weir
SeptemberWikipedia
- 1982
The Segura has not burst its banks in the city centre since 1982
OctoberWikipedia
- 1880
A year after Santa Teresa: the flood of 14 October 1880
14 OctoberCHS
- 1879
Santa Teresa flood: the highest flow on record
15 OctoberWikipedia
