low for the date
Ems at Papenburg
The Ems at Papenburg read 402 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 402 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- lowlower than any day of these dates in 26 years
- Normal range for the date
- 504 cm to 570 cmMedian 534 cm
- Change
- +54 cm in a day
- -298 cm in a week
That is lower than any of the daily averages of these dates in the 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
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 504 cm to 570 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 tide level (MTnw): 325 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittlerer Tideniedrigwasserstand) The newest reading is 77 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high tide level (MThw): 692 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittlerer Tidehochwasserstand) The newest reading is 290 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 1,420 cm at 00:00 CET on 5 January 2000. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 0 cm at 17:06 CEST on 25 April 2006. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 764.8 cm on 30 October 2023. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 336.9 cm on 25 April 2006. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low tide in the period (NTnw): 226 cm, on 1 March 2018, over 2010 to 2020. (Niedrigster Tideniedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high tide in the period (HThw): 880 cm, on 5 January 2012, over 2010 to 2020. (Höchster Tidehochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Next gauges on this water
The next gauges on this water by river kilometre.
- Ems at Papenburg
- Weener, km 6.852: 392 cm
- Leerort, km 14.79: 378 cm
About this gauge
Papenburg is a gauge on the Ems in Germany, at river kilometre 0.39.
It lies at 53.1082° N, 7.3656° 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 -5.06 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.