World Water Levels

Ilmenau at Ilmenau Sperrwerk AP

The Ilmenau at Ilmenau Sperrwerk AP read 698 cm at .

That is above the normal range for the date, in the highest 5 percent 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 547 cm to 637 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: 1,101 cm at 06:46 CET on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 316 cm at 14:51 CET on 4 February 2026. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 893.5 cm on 12 June 2013. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 434.2 cm on 20 October 2023. Provisional data.

As the source publishes them

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About this gauge

Ilmenau Sperrwerk AP is a gauge on the Ilmenau in Germany, at river kilometre 28.467.

It lies at 53.3939° N, 10.1785° 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 -5.016 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.

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