Elbe at Geesthacht
The Elbe at Geesthacht read 410 cm at .
That is within the normal range for the date.
- No change in 24 hours.
- No change 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 406 cm to 418 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 16 years between 2010 and 2025.
- Mean low water level (MNW): 399 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 11 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 415 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 5 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 556 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 146 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 30 March 2010: 777 cm at 17:12 CEST on 24 April 2023. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 30 March 2010: 0 cm at 22:05 CEST on 13 June 2010. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 30 March 2010: 690.8 cm on 12 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 30 March 2010: 217.9 cm on 21 April 2023. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 353 cm, on 16 June 1972. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 736 cm, on 23 March 1881. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a lower value (0 cm) than the record WSV publishes (353 cm); the published value may come from another period or may not be updated yet.
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About this gauge
Geesthacht is a gauge on the Elbe in Germany, at river kilometre 583.393.
It lies at 53.4265° N, 10.3745° 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 -0.024 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.