Danube at Erlau
The Danube at Erlau read 739 cm at .
That is within the normal range for the date.
- Up 3 cm in 24 hours.
- Up 3 cm in 7 days.
- We show no forecast values for German gauges: the forecasts PEGELONLINE relays come from the Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), whose terms allow only private and own use. ELWIS and the BfG publish them. ELWIS BfG 6-week forecast
Long views: the past year, the past decade and the whole record
Normal range and official levels
The normal range for 5 October is 737 cm to 761 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Mean low water level (MNW): 737 cm, over 2006 to 2015. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 2 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 752 cm, over 2006 to 2015. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 13 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 861 cm, over 2006 to 2015. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 122 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 1,186 cm at 18:00 CEST on 3 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 727 cm at 16:45 CEST on 10 July 2026. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 1,153.8 cm on 3 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 731.8 cm on 24 October 2018. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 730 cm, on 5 December 1967. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Lowest daily water level in the period (NW): 736 cm, over 2000 to 2010. (Niedrigster Tageswasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest water level in the period (HW): 992 cm, over 2000 to 2010. (Höchster Momentanwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 1,186 cm, on 10 July 1954 and 1 other day. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a lower value (727 cm) than the record WSV publishes (730 cm); the published value may come from another period or may not be updated yet.
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About this gauge
Erlau is a gauge on the Danube in Germany, at river kilometre 2,214.5.
It lies at 48.5674° N, 13.5868° E.
Its readings come from the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV), through PEGELONLINE.
The gauge reads the height of the water above a fixed zero, not the depth of the river. Its zero lies at 282.648 m above NHN (the German sea-level datum), valid from 1 November 2019.
PEGELONLINE publishes its readings as unchecked raw data.
The newest reading is provisional: the source may still correct it.