low for the date
Lahn at Giessen Klärwerk
The Lahn at Giessen Klärwerk read 224 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 224 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- lowin the lowest 10 percent for the date
- Normal range for the date
- 225 cm to 266 cmMedian 235 cm
- Change
- -1 cm in a day
- +1 cm in a week
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.
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
Long views: the past year, the past decade and the whole record
Normal range and official levels
The normal range for 5 October is 225 cm to 266 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Mean low water level (MNW): 225 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 1 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 274 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 50 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 610 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 386 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 658 cm at 16:45 CET on 3 January 2003. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 194 cm at 21:30 CEST on 8 June 2000. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 655.4 cm on 3 January 2003. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 196.3 cm on 7 June 2000. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 119 cm, on 25 August 1976. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Lowest daily water level in the period (NW): 219 cm, on 19 September 2020, over 2010 to 2020. (Niedrigster Tageswasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest water level in the period (HW): 656 cm, on 9 January 2011, over 2010 to 2020. (Höchster Momentanwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 705 cm, on 7 February 1984. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Next gauges on this water
The next gauges on this water by river kilometre.
- Lahn at Giessen Klärwerk
- Niederbiel Schleuse Kanal OP, km 19.3: 422 cm
- Leun Neu, km 25.1: 126 cm
About this gauge
Giessen Klärwerk is a gauge on the Lahn in Germany, at river kilometre -3.2.
It lies at 50.5750° N, 8.6486° 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 149.995 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.