| Date | Water Temp °c | Water Temp °F | Air Temp °C | Water Colour | Water Level | Forecast | Comments |
Avon River Diary
Welcome to Premier Angling's 7 - Day Bristol Avon River Diary.
The aim of this service is to assist you, the angler when conditions are changing - either for better or worse !
My temperature readings and view of conditions are taken daily from just above the town bridge in Chippenham and are also based on what I see on my daily trip to the shop as I pass and view other parts of the Avon downstream at nearby Staverton & Melksham.
REMEMBER :- my temperature reading is taken mid - river , mid flow and will be higher than that taken in the margins where there is little or no flow. Therefore more accurate as far as the temperature that the fish are encountering.
If we can save you a wasted trip by letting you know how bad it is or give you the incentive to grab your kit because it's 'spot on', then we will have achieved our objective - that is to give the angler his or her best chance of a successful trip on our local waters, the Avon.
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| 3rd FEBRUARY FRIDAY - please read note at the top of this table. | 3.0 | 37.0 | 0.0 | Green - margins clear. | Near normal - pace / flow slowing. | Bright and dry -another hard frost. | 1,040 - constant -hard frosts getting marginally warmer by the day - sunny intervals. |
| 30th JANUARY MONDAY - please read note at the top of this table. | 5.0 | 41.0 | 3.0. | Green - margins clearing. | Near normal - pace / flow good. | Snow early - overcast but dry later - hard frost tonight. | 1,025mb - same - light easterly breeze - some snow early today with the possibility of more tomorrow but amounting to much. A raw week ahead - hard frosts but drier |
| 28th JANUARY SATURDAY - please read note at the top of this table. | 6.0 | 42.5 | 5.0 | Brown. | Still high - good pace/flow. | Dry ,cold with icy North breeze. | 1,031mb - rising - getting even colder with hard frosts at night. Cold air moving in from East with possible snow showers on Monday! |
| 27th JANUARY TUESDAY - please read note at the top of this table. | 6.5 | 43.0 | 7.0 | Chocolate brown. | Up and steady pace/flow. | Cold and overcast. Odd winterey shower. | 1,021mb - rising - overcast with Northerley breeze and frosts at night. |
| 26th JANUARY THURSDAY - please read note at the top of this table | 8.0 | 46.0 | 10.0 | Brown. | Up slightly - good pace / flow. | Bright with showers - maybe sleet and frost again tonight. | 1,008mb - rising - light south westerly breeze - showery with sleet possible today, frosts for the next couple of nights. Getting colder but bright. |
| 24th JANUARY TUESDAY - please read note at the top of this table | 9.5 | 49.0 | 11.0 | Green - clear margins. | Normal - pace / flow slowed. | wet start - dry and bright later - still mild. | 1018mb - rising slightly - light westerley breeze - after a wet start brighter conditions later but staying mild Wednesday - colder by the weekend. |
| 21st JANUARY SATURDAY - please read note at the top of this table. | 8.0 | 46.0 | 10.0 | Green - margins clearish. | Near normal - no flow. | Overcast - odd sunny spell. Moderate to strong westerley wind. | 1013mb - rising - moderate to strong westerlies. Daytime bright, sunny and clear. |
