low for the date
Elbe at Hohnstorf
The Elbe at Hohnstorf read 418 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 418 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- lowin the lowest 10 percent for the date
- Normal range for the date
- 419 cm to 524 cmMedian 432 cm
- Change
- 0 cm in a day
- +2 cm in a week
That is below the normal range for the date, in the lowest 10 percent of the daily averages of these dates in the 18 years between 2007 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 419 cm to 524 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 18 years between 2007 and 2025.
- Highest navigable water level (HSW): 820 cm, valid from 5 November 2002. (höchster Schifffahrtswasserstand) The newest reading is 402 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean low water level (MNW): 417 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 1 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 478 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 60 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 683 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 265 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 11 September 2007: 1,180 cm at 23:00 CEST on 14 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 11 September 2007: 0 cm at 16:47 CEST on 8 July 2014. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 11 September 2007: 952.7 cm on 12 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 11 September 2007: 381.9 cm on 5 August 2019. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 398 cm, on 31 July 1964. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 988 cm, on 20 March 1855. (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 (398 cm); the published value may come from another period or may not be updated yet.
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About this gauge
Hohnstorf is a gauge on the Elbe in Germany, at river kilometre 568.987.
It lies at 53.3663° N, 10.5588° 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 -0.031 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.