World Water Levels

normal for the date

Lahn at Bad Ems Wehr OP

The Lahn at Bad Ems Wehr OP read 407 cm at .

Newest reading
407 cmProvisional
Against normal for the date
normalwithin the normal range for the date
Normal range for the date
399 cm to 415 cmMedian 409 cm
Change
  • +6 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 399 cm to 415 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 11 years between 2015 and 2025.

Records

  • Highest reading in our series since 31 December 2014: 507 cm at 13:45 CET on 23 February 2022. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 31 December 2014: 357 cm at 07:15 CET on 26 February 2018. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 31 December 2014: 497.1 cm on 23 February 2022. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 31 December 2014: 368 cm on 11 February 2017. Provisional data.

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The next gauges on this water by river kilometre.

About this gauge

Bad Ems Wehr OP is a gauge on the Lahn in Germany, at river kilometre 125.9.

It lies at 50.3319° N, 7.7109° 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.

See also