World Water Levels

Elbe at Lenzen

The Elbe at Lenzen read 56 cm at .

That is lower than any of the daily averages of these dates in the 26 years between 2000 and 2025.

Long views: the past year, the past decade and the whole record

Normal range and official levels

The normal range for 5 October is 100 cm to 312 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: 793 cm at 11:30 CEST on 10 June 2013. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 42 cm at 02:15 CEST on 21 August 2026. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 792.5 cm on 11 June 2013. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 46.2 cm on 16 August 2026. Provisional data.

As the source publishes them

Our series holds a lower value (42 cm) than the record WSV publishes (57 cm); the published value may come from another period or may not be updated yet.

Next gauges on this water

The next gauges on this water by river kilometre.

About this gauge

Lenzen is a gauge on the Elbe in Germany, at river kilometre 484.7.

It lies at 53.0800° N, 11.4559° 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 12.411 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