World Water Levels

Este at Buxtehude

The Este at Buxtehude read 661 cm at .

That is higher than any of the daily averages of these dates in the 26 years between 2000 and 2025.

Long views: the past year, the past decade and the whole record

Normal range and official levels

The normal range for 5 October is 541 cm to 607 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: 755 cm at 04:47 CET on 6 January 2012. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 434 cm at 23:19 CEST on 9 August 2003. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 691.5 cm on 28 October 2002. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 462.5 cm on 24 March 2013. Provisional data.

As the source publishes them

Next gauges on this water

The next gauges on this water by river kilometre.

  • Este Inneres Sperrwerk AP, km 1: 606 cm
  • Este Inneres Sperrwerk BP, km 1: 610 cm

About this gauge

Buxtehude is a gauge on the Este in Germany, at river kilometre 0.71.

It lies at 53.4804° N, 9.7034° 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 -5.035 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