Elbe at Magdeburg-Strombrücke
The Elbe at Magdeburg-Strombrücke read 46 cm at .
That is lower than any of the daily averages of these dates in the 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Up 3 cm in 24 hours.
- Down 4 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 68 cm to 216 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Highest navigable water level (HSW): 550 cm, valid from 5 November 2002. (höchster Schifffahrtswasserstand) The newest reading is 504 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean low water level (MNW): 72 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 26 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 157 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 111 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 409 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 363 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 746 cm at 08:15 CEST on 9 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 34 cm at 16:00 CEST on 17 August 2026. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 740.3 cm on 9 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 34.2 cm on 18 August 2026. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 45 cm, on 31 July 2019 and 1 other day. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 747 cm, on 9 June 2013. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a lower value (34 cm) than the record WSV publishes (45 cm); the published value may come from another period or may not be updated yet.
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About this gauge
Magdeburg-Strombrücke is a gauge on the Elbe in Germany, at river kilometre 326.67.
It lies at 52.1297° N, 11.6443° 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 39.895 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.