World Water Levels

Ems at Knock

The Ems at Knock read 392 cm at .

That is lower than any 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 494 cm to 561 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: 998 cm at 06:23 CET on 1 November 2006. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 107 cm at 11:36 CEST on 8 September 2026. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 737.8 cm on 9 November 2007. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 360.6 cm on 1 March 2018. Provisional data.

As the source publishes them

Next gauges on this water

The next gauges on this water by river kilometre.

About this gauge

Knock is a gauge on the Ems in Germany, at river kilometre 50.848.

It lies at 53.3272° N, 7.0307° 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 -5.11 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