World Water Levels

Elbe at Over

The Elbe at Over read 685 cm at .

That is above the normal range for the date, in the highest 5 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 540 cm to 630 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: 1,115 cm at 06:36 CET on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 274 cm at 04:18 CEST on 21 October 2023. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 878 cm on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 402.2 cm on 6 February 2001. Provisional data.

As the source publishes them

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About this gauge

Over is a gauge on the Elbe in Germany, at river kilometre 605.273.

It lies at 53.4287° N, 10.1011° 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 -5.098 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