low for the date
Eder at Schmittlotheim
The Eder at Schmittlotheim read 69 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 69 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- lowin the lowest 10 percent for the date
- Normal range for the date
- 70 cm to 116 cmMedian 86 cm
- Change
- -2 cm in a day
- +1 cm in a week
That is below the normal range for the date, in the lowest 10 percent of the daily averages of these dates in the 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
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 70 cm to 116 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): 68 cm, over 1996 to 2006. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 1 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 103 cm, over 1996 to 2006. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 34 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 293 cm, over 1996 to 2006. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 224 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 345 cm at 00:15 CET on 24 December 2023. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 58 cm at 09:00 CEST on 23 September 2020. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 331.6 cm on 24 December 2023. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 58.8 cm on 23 September 2020. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 59 cm, on 23 September 2020. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 364 cm, on 23 January 1995. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a lower value (58 cm) than the record WSV publishes (59 cm); the published value may come from another period or may not be updated yet.
Next gauges on this water
The next gauges on this water by river kilometre.
- Affoldern, km 44.02: 107 cm
- Edertalsperre, km 49.2: 219.66 m
- Eder at Schmittlotheim
About this gauge
Schmittlotheim is a gauge on the Eder in Germany, at river kilometre 74.5.
It lies at 51.1557° N, 8.8980° 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 245.87 m above NN (the former German sea-level datum), valid from 1 January 1964.
PEGELONLINE publishes its readings as unchecked raw data.
The newest reading is provisional: the source may still correct it.