Eider at Nordfeld Oberwasser
The Eider at Nordfeld Oberwasser read 481 cm at .
That is within the normal range for the date.
- Up 14 cm in 24 hours.
- Up 33 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 449 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): 409 cm, over 2005 to 2015. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 72 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 22 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 553 cm, over 2005 to 2015. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 72 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 854 cm at 14:18 CET on 7 January 2024. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 58 cm at 16:18 CET on 24 February 2026. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 580.7 cm on 5 January 2012. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 399 cm on 19 February 2011. Provisional data.
Next gauges on this water
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About this gauge
Nordfeld Oberwasser is a gauge on the Eider in Germany, at river kilometre 78.19.
It lies at 54.3387° N, 9.1396° 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 -5.008 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.