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Elbe at Otterndorf MPM

The Elbe at Otterndorf MPM read 439 cm at .

Newest reading
439 cmProvisional
Against normal for the date
lowin the lowest 5 percent for the date
Normal range for the date
483 cm to 574 cmMedian 523 cm
Change
  • +45 cm in a day
  • -229 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 12 years between 2012 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

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Normal range and official levels

The normal range for 5 October is 483 cm to 574 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 12 years between 2012 and 2025.

Records

  • Highest reading in our series since 6 December 2012: 990 cm at 03:13 CET on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 6 December 2012: 192 cm at 12:18 CEST on 17 June 2013. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 6 December 2012: 781.7 cm on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 6 December 2012: 338.2 cm on 1 March 2018. Provisional data.

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About this gauge

Otterndorf MPM is a gauge on the Elbe in Germany, at river kilometre 714.02.

It lies at 53.8354° N, 8.8707° 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 -5.024 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.

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