World Water Levels

normal for the date

Kiel Canal at NOK Königsförde

The Kiel Canal at NOK Königsförde read 501 cm at .

Newest reading
501 cmProvisional
Against normal for the date
normalwithin the normal range for the date
Normal range for the date
489 cm to 511 cmMedian 497 cm
Change
  • 0 cm in a day
  • +1 cm in a week

That is within the normal range for the date.

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

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Normal range and official levels

The normal range for 5 October is 489 cm to 511 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 18 years between 2007 and 2025.

Records

  • Highest reading in our series since 8 January 2007: 598 cm at 08:59 CET on 31 January 2007. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 8 January 2007: 400 cm at 11:06 CET on 5 March 2007. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 8 January 2007: 553.9 cm on 6 January 2012. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 8 January 2007: 474.3 cm on 3 February 2026. Provisional data.

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The next gauges on this water by river kilometre.

About this gauge

NOK Königsförde is a gauge on the Kiel Canal in Germany, at river kilometre 79.63.

It lies at 54.3568° N, 9.8833° 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 m above NHN (the German sea-level datum), valid from 10 July 2009.

PEGELONLINE publishes its readings as unchecked raw data.

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

See also