World Water Levels

Itter (Eder) at Herzhausen

The Itter (Eder) at Herzhausen read 74 cm at .

That is below the normal range for the date, in the lowest 10 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 74 cm to 79 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: 146 cm at 22:45 CEST on 11 May 2002. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: -40 cm at 07:15 CEST on 18 June 2024. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 110.7 cm on 3 January 2018. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 61.6 cm on 18 June 2024. Provisional data.

As the source publishes them

Our series holds a lower value (-40 cm) than the record WSV publishes (72 cm); the published value may come from another period or may not be updated yet.

About this gauge

Herzhausen is a gauge on the Itter (Eder) in Germany, at river kilometre 1.3.

It lies at 51.1930° N, 8.8888° 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 260.016 m above NHN (the German sea-level datum), valid from 19 April 2004.

PEGELONLINE publishes its readings as unchecked raw data.

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

See also