World Water Levels

Itter (Diemel) at Kotthausen

The Itter (Diemel) at Kotthausen read 6 cm at .

That is below the normal range for the date, in the lowest 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 7 cm to 25 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: 217 cm at 10:15 CET on 21 March 2017. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 3 cm at 10:45 CET on 12 November 2022. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 109.1 cm on 14 January 2011. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 4 cm on 14 August 2026. Provisional data.

As the source publishes them

Our series holds a lower value (3 cm) than the record WSV publishes (4 cm); the published value may come from another period or may not be updated yet.

About this gauge

Kotthausen is a gauge on the Itter (Diemel) in Germany, at river kilometre 3.4.

It lies at 51.3636° N, 8.6828° 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 377.68 m above NN (the former German sea-level datum), valid from 29 November 1999.

PEGELONLINE publishes its readings as unchecked raw data.

The newest reading is provisional: the source may still correct it.

See also