Elbe at Altengamme
The Elbe at Altengamme read 719 cm at .
That is above the normal range for the date, in the highest 5 percent of the daily averages of these dates in the 25 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Up 68 cm in 24 hours.
- Up 239 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 564 cm to 664 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 25 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Mean low tide level (MTnw): 532 cm, over 2005 to 2015. (Mittlerer Tideniedrigwasserstand) The newest reading is 187 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high tide level (MThw): 771 cm, over 2005 to 2015. (Mittlerer Tidehochwasserstand) The newest reading is 52 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 1,108 cm at 06:25 CET on 19 February 2022. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 345 cm at 18:41 CET on 17 November 2022. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 1,062.8 cm on 12 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 428.3 cm on 26 September 2000. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low tide in the period (NTnw): 388 cm, on 6 October 2015, over 2005 to 2015. (Niedrigster Tideniedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high tide in the period (HThw): 1,103 cm, on 6 December 2013, over 2005 to 2015. (Höchster Tidehochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Next gauges on this water
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About this gauge
Altengamme is a gauge on the Elbe in Germany, at river kilometre 588.787.
It lies at 53.4308° N, 10.2968° 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 -5.021 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.