low for the date
Elbe at Hitzacker
The Elbe at Hitzacker read 64 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 64 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- lowin the lowest 5 percent for the date
- Normal range for the date
- 86 cm to 293 cmMedian 162 cm
- Change
- -2 cm in a day
- -13 cm in a week
That is below the normal range for the date, in the lowest 5 percent of the daily averages of these dates in the 17 years between 2009 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 86 cm to 293 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 17 years between 2009 and 2025.
- Mean low water level (MNW): 105 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 41 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 240 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 176 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 510 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 446 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 18 March 2009: 909 cm at 10:36 CEST on 29 July 2009. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 18 March 2009: -427 cm at 14:00 CEST on 7 October 2010. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 18 March 2009: 817.2 cm on 11 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 18 March 2009: -23.1 cm on 29 April 2010. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 59 cm, on 30 August 2018 and 1 other day. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 817 cm, on 11 June 2013 and 1 other day. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a lower value (-427 cm) than the record WSV publishes (59 cm); the published value may come from another period or may not be updated yet.
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About this gauge
Hitzacker is a gauge on the Elbe in Germany, at river kilometre 522.639.
It lies at 53.1546° N, 11.0455° 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 7.372 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.