Elbe at Hetlingen
The Elbe at Hetlingen read 584 cm at .
That is within the normal range for the date.
- Up 82 cm in 24 hours.
- Up 139 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 499 cm to 586 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 tide level (MTnw): 365 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittlerer Tideniedrigwasserstand) The newest reading is 219 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high tide level (MThw): 687 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittlerer Tidehochwasserstand) The newest reading is 103 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 1,065 cm at 05:14 CET on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 179 cm at 02:07 CEST on 21 October 2023. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 832.8 cm on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 339.8 cm on 7 February 2021. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low tide in the period (NTnw): 209 cm, on 23 February 2013, over 2010 to 2020. (Niedrigster Tideniedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high tide in the period (HThw): 1,065 cm, on 6 December 2013, over 2010 to 2020. (Höchster Tidehochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Next gauges on this water
The next gauges on this water by river kilometre.
- Lühort, km 645.5: 593 cm
- Schulau, km 641: 599 cm
- Stadersand, km 654.9: 579 cm
- Pinnau-Sperrwerk AP, km 658.444: 572 cm
About this gauge
Hetlingen is a gauge on the Elbe in Germany, at river kilometre 650.5.
It lies at 53.6094° N, 9.5843° 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 -5.039 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.