World Water Levels

Ems at Leerort

The Ems at Leerort read 378 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 499 cm to 563 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: 919 cm at 06:16 CET on 30 January 2000. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 214 cm at 20:13 CET on 17 March 2018. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 763.7 cm on 30 October 2023. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 361.3 cm on 23 March 2013. Provisional data.

As the source publishes them

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About this gauge

Leerort is a gauge on the Ems in Germany, at river kilometre 14.79.

It lies at 53.2153° N, 7.4262° 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 -5.04 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