World Water Levels

Elbe at Rosslau

The Elbe at Rosslau read 34 cm at .

That is lower than any of the daily averages of these dates in the 25 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 61 cm to 249 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 25 years between 2000 and 2025.

Records

  • Highest reading in our series since 31 October 2000: 2,051 cm at 09:30 CET on 19 January 2003. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 31 October 2000: -1 cm at 08:30 CET on 2 November 2000. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 31 October 2000: 1,634.1 cm on 20 January 2003. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 31 October 2000: 0 cm on 25 February 2001. Provisional data.

As the source publishes them

Our series holds a lower value (-1 cm) than the record WSV publishes (32 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

Rosslau is a gauge on the Elbe in Germany, at river kilometre 257.84.

It lies at 51.8814° N, 12.2365° 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 53.846 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