World Water Levels

Ems at Pogum

The Ems at Pogum read 377 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 489 cm to 557 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: 1,100 cm at 16:03 CEST on 3 September 2026. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: -275 cm at 10:39 CEST on 23 September 2026. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 860.7 cm on 21 September 2026. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 344.6 cm on 1 March 2018. Provisional data.

As the source publishes them

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About this gauge

Pogum is a gauge on the Ems in Germany, at river kilometre 35.302.

It lies at 53.3214° N, 7.2598° 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 -5.05 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