Ems at Lingen-Darme
The Ems at Lingen-Darme read 120 cm at .
That is below the normal range for the date, in the lowest 10 percent of the daily averages of these dates in the 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Down 13 cm in 24 hours.
- Up 11 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 122 cm to 217 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): 123 cm, over 2000 to 2010. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 3 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 214 cm, over 2000 to 2010. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 94 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 504 cm, over 2000 to 2010. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 384 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 695 cm at 03:45 CET on 28 December 2023. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 96 cm at 02:00 CEST on 30 September 2026. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 693.3 cm on 28 December 2023. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 102.9 cm on 10 September 2018. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 106 cm, on 6 August 2003. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Lowest daily water level in the period (NW): 106 cm, on 6 August 2003, over 2000 to 2010. (Niedrigster Tageswasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest water level in the period (HW): 653 cm, on 6 January 2003, over 2000 to 2010. (Höchster Momentanwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 713 cm, on 3 January 1987. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a lower value (96 cm) than the record WSV publishes (106 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
Lingen-Darme is a gauge on the Ems in Germany, at river kilometre 196.2.
It lies at 52.4966° N, 7.2883° 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 14.98 m above NN (the former German sea-level datum), valid from 16 October 2001.
PEGELONLINE publishes its readings as unchecked raw data.
The newest reading is provisional: the source may still correct it.