low for the date
Elbe at Damnatz
The Elbe at Damnatz read 105 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 105 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- lowlower than any day of these dates in 12 years
- Normal range for the date
- 131 cm to 312 cmMedian 173 cm
- Change
- -6 cm in a day
- -20 cm in a week
That is lower than any of the daily averages of these dates in the 12 years between 2014 and 2025.
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 131 cm to 312 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 12 years between 2014 and 2025.
- Mean low water level (MNW): 150 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 45 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 270 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 165 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 526 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 421 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 5 February 2014: 1,144 cm at 18:21 CEST on 5 May 2014. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 5 February 2014: 28 cm at 11:11 CEST on 11 September 2015. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 5 February 2014: 647.4 cm on 4 January 2024. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 5 February 2014: 104 cm on 14 August 2026. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 106 cm, on 30 August 2018. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 850 cm, on 23 March 1888. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a lower value (28 cm) than the record WSV publishes (106 cm); the published value may come from another period or may not be updated yet.
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About this gauge
Damnatz is a gauge on the Elbe in Germany, at river kilometre 509.35.
It lies at 53.1378° N, 11.1794° 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 8.882 m above NHN (the German sea-level datum), valid from 1 November 2017.
PEGELONLINE publishes its readings as unchecked raw data.
The newest reading is provisional: the source may still correct it.