low for the date
Lahn at Kalkofen Neu
The Lahn at Kalkofen Neu read 175 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 175 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- lowin the lowest 5 percent for the date
- Normal range for the date
- 177 cm to 219 cmMedian 185 cm
- Change
- 0 cm in a day
- +2 cm in a week
That is below the normal range for the date, in the lowest 5 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 177 cm to 219 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Highest navigable water level (HSW): 360 cm, valid from 13 January 2003. (höchster Schifffahrtswasserstand) The newest reading is 185 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Flood mark II (M_II): 360 cm, valid from 1 January 2004. (Marke_II) The newest reading is 185 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean low water level (MNW): 174 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 1 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 226 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 51 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 558 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 383 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 758 cm at 04:15 CET on 4 January 2003. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 160 cm at 12:00 CEST on 20 June 2017. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 751.1 cm on 4 January 2003. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 170.5 cm on 2 September 2022. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 98 cm, on 1 October 1997. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Lowest daily water level in the period (NW): 172 cm, on 12 July 2011, over 2010 to 2020. (Niedrigster Tageswasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest water level in the period (HW): 735 cm, on 10 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): 900 cm, on 10 February 1946. (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.
- Scheidt Schleuse UP, km 96.8: 254 cm
- Kalkofen Schleuse OP, km 105.6: 693 cm
- Lahn at Kalkofen Neu
- Hollerich Schleuse OP, km 113: 660 cm
- Hollerich Schleuse UP, km 113.1: 141 cm
About this gauge
Kalkofen Neu is a gauge on the Lahn in Germany, at river kilometre 106.4.
It lies at 50.3178° N, 7.8898° 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 86.4 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.