Elbe at Sandau
The Elbe at Sandau read 143 cm at .
That is lower than any of the daily averages of these dates in the 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Down 2 cm in 24 hours.
- Down 8 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 187 cm to 371 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Mean low water level (MNW): 188 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 45 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 297 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 154 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 543 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 400 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 825 cm at 00:30 CEST on 10 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 131 cm at 02:30 CEST on 19 August 2026. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 817.3 cm on 9 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 131 cm on 19 August 2026. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 119 cm, on 19 September 1911. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 825 cm, on 9 June 2013 and 1 other day. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Next gauges on this water
The next gauges on this water by river kilometre.
About this gauge
Sandau is a gauge on the Elbe in Germany, at river kilometre 416.06.
It lies at 52.7848° N, 12.0313° 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 22.454 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.