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Lahn at Limburg Schleuse UP

The Lahn at Limburg Schleuse UP read 53 cm at .

Newest reading
53 cmProvisional
Against normal for the date
lowlower than any day of these dates in 17 years
Normal range for the date
57 cm to 79 cmMedian 60 cm
Change
  • -1 cm in a day
  • 0 cm in a week

That is lower than any of the daily averages of these dates in the 17 years between 2009 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 57 cm to 79 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 17 years between 2009 and 2025.

Records

  • Highest reading in our series since 28 February 2009: 588 cm at 07:00 CET on 10 January 2011. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 28 February 2009: 23 cm at 14:15 CEST on 1 August 2011. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 28 February 2009: 579.4 cm on 10 January 2011. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 28 February 2009: 36.6 cm on 6 June 2011. Provisional data.

Next gauges on this water

The next gauges on this water by river kilometre.

  • Fürfurt Schleuse UP, km 51.2: 105 cm
  • Runkel Schleuse UP, km 65.3: 75 cm
  • Lahn at Limburg Schleuse UP
  • Diez Schleuse OP, km 83.2: 547 cm
  • Diez Schleuse UP, km 83.2: 212 cm

About this gauge

Limburg Schleuse UP is a gauge on the Lahn in Germany, at river kilometre 76.6.

It lies at 50.3915° N, 8.0652° 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 105.033 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