low for the date
Fulda at Rotenburg
The Fulda at Rotenburg read 107 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 107 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- lowlower than any day of these dates in 26 years
- Normal range for the date
- 115 cm to 174 cmMedian 129 cm
- Change
- -4 cm in a day
- +5 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 115 cm to 174 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): 113 cm, over 1996 to 2006. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 6 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 170 cm, over 1996 to 2006. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 63 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 440 cm, over 1996 to 2006. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 333 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 493 cm at 02:00 CET on 4 January 2003. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: -231 cm at 14:45 CET on 28 January 2002. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 478.5 cm on 9 January 2011. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 98.4 cm on 14 August 2026. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 80 cm, on 12 September 1949. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 603 cm, on 23 January 1995. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a lower value (-231 cm) than the record WSV publishes (80 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.
- Guntershausen, km 43.99: 95 cm
- Grebenau, km 55.49: 125 cm
- Fulda at Rotenburg
About this gauge
Rotenburg is a gauge on the Fulda in Germany, at river kilometre 95.69.
It lies at 51.0038° N, 9.7204° 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 179.523 m above NHN (the German sea-level datum), valid from 1 November 2003.
PEGELONLINE publishes its readings as unchecked raw data.
The newest reading is provisional: the source may still correct it.