Elbe at Dessau
The Elbe at Dessau read 50 cm at .
That is lower than any of the daily averages of these dates in the 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Down 3 cm in 24 hours.
- Down 10 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 74 cm to 264 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): 83 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 33 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 187 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 137 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 467 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 417 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 745 cm at 21:15 CEST on 8 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 39 cm at 07:30 CEST on 17 August 2026. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 740.4 cm on 8 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 39.6 cm on 17 August 2026. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 20 cm, on 20 January 1963. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 746 cm, on 8 June 2013. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Next gauges on this water
The next gauges on this water by river kilometre.
About this gauge
Dessau is a gauge on the Elbe in Germany, at river kilometre 261.16.
It lies at 51.8569° N, 12.2233° 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 52.961 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.