normal for the date
Eider at Lexfähre Unterwasser
The Eider at Lexfähre Unterwasser read 485 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 485 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- normalwithin the normal range for the date
- Normal range for the date
- 448 cm to 488 cmMedian 459 cm
- Change
- +10 cm in a day
- +59 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 448 cm to 488 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): 402 cm, over 2005 to 2015. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 83 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 459 cm, over 2005 to 2015. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 26 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 558 cm, over 2005 to 2015. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 73 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 597 cm at 16:50 CET on 5 January 2012. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 386 cm at 14:33 CET on 19 February 2011. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 586.6 cm on 5 January 2012. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 397.3 cm on 19 February 2011. Provisional data.
Next gauges on this water
The next gauges on this water by river kilometre.
- Lexfähre Oberwasser, km 26.09: 468 cm
- Eider at Lexfähre Unterwasser
- Nordfeld Oberwasser, km 78.19: 472 cm
- Nordfeld Unterwasser, km 78.312: 469 cm
About this gauge
Lexfähre Unterwasser is a gauge on the Eider in Germany, at river kilometre 26.09.
It lies at 54.2232° N, 9.4357° 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.