World Water Levels

Elbe at Lühort

The Elbe at Lühort read 593 cm at .

That is above the normal range for the date, in the highest 10 percent of the daily averages of these dates in the 26 years between 2000 and 2025.

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Normal range and official levels

The normal range for 5 October is 498 cm to 584 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: 1,077 cm at 05:20 CET on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 173 cm at 02:13 CEST on 21 October 2023. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 835.4 cm on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 338.4 cm on 7 February 2021. Provisional data.

As the source publishes them

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About this gauge

Lühort is a gauge on the Elbe in Germany, at river kilometre 645.5.

It lies at 53.5716° N, 9.6334° 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 -5.031 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.

See also