World Water Levels

normal for the date

Elbe at Glückstadt

The Elbe at Glückstadt read 498 cm at .

Newest reading
498 cmProvisional
Against normal for the date
normalwithin the normal range for the date
Normal range for the date
498 cm to 583 cmMedian 535 cm
Change
  • +74 cm in a day
  • -91 cm in a week

That is within the normal range for the date.

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

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Normal range and official levels

The normal range for 5 October is 498 cm to 583 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 26 years between 2000 and 2025.

Records

  • Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 1,031 cm at 05:14 CET on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 177 cm at 22:06 CET on 17 March 2018. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 819.7 cm on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 337.7 cm on 7 February 2021. Provisional data.

As the source publishes them

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About this gauge

Glückstadt is a gauge on the Elbe in Germany, at river kilometre 674.

It lies at 53.7844° N, 9.4094° 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 -5.034 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