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normal for the date

Lahn at Bad Ems Schleuse UP

The Lahn at Bad Ems Schleuse UP read 156 cm at .

Newest reading
156 cmProvisional
Against normal for the date
normalwithin the normal range for the date
Normal range for the date
141 cm to 164 cmMedian 147 cm
Change
  • -1 cm in a day
  • +2 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 141 cm to 164 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: 432 cm at 22:30 CET on 3 January 2003. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 94 cm at 12:00 CET on 15 November 2003. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 426.5 cm on 4 January 2003. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 94 cm on 16 November 2003. Provisional data.

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About this gauge

Bad Ems Schleuse UP is a gauge on the Lahn in Germany, at river kilometre 127.

It lies at 50.3351° N, 7.6964° 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 71.533 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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