World Water Levels

Elbe at Cranz

The Elbe at Cranz read 608 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.

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Normal range and official levels

The normal range for 5 October is 501 cm to 589 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 25 years between 2000 and 2025.

Records

  • Highest reading in our series since 31 October 2000: 1,094 cm at 05:34 CET on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 31 October 2000: 193 cm at 07:46 CET on 23 March 2013. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 31 October 2000: 841.2 cm on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 31 October 2000: 340.3 cm on 23 March 2013. Provisional data.

As the source publishes them

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About this gauge

Cranz is a gauge on the Elbe in Germany, at river kilometre 634.42.

It lies at 53.5359° N, 9.7915° 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 -5.05 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.

See also