normal for the date
Eider at Lexfähre Oberwasser
The Eider at Lexfähre Oberwasser read 468 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 468 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- normalwithin the normal range for the date
- Normal range for the date
- 460 cm to 477 cmMedian 469 cm
- Change
- -4 cm in a day
- -3 cm in a week
That is within the normal range for the date.
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 460 cm to 477 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): 444 cm, over 2005 to 2015. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 24 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 468 cm, over 2005 to 2015. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is at this level.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 507 cm, over 2005 to 2015. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 39 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 530 cm at 19:09 CET on 5 January 2012. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 437 cm at 10:48 CET on 9 January 2015. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 525 cm on 25 December 2014. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 444.7 cm on 17 June 2026. Provisional data.
Next gauges on this water
The next gauges on this water by river kilometre.
- Eider at Lexfähre Oberwasser
- Lexfähre Unterwasser, km 26.09: 485 cm
- Nordfeld Oberwasser, km 78.19: 472 cm
About this gauge
Lexfähre Oberwasser is a gauge on the Eider in Germany, at river kilometre 26.09.
It lies at 54.2225° N, 9.4361° 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 -5.005 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.