Main-Danube Canal at Bamberg
The Main-Danube Canal at Bamberg read 257 cm at .
That is above the normal range for the date, in the highest 10 percent of the daily averages of these dates in the 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Up 8 cm in 24 hours.
- Up 11 cm in 7 days.
- 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 247 cm to 257 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Flood mark I (M_I): 330 cm, valid from 1 January 2003. (Marke_I) The newest reading is 73 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest navigable water level (HSW): 370 cm, valid from 8 January 2003. (höchster Schifffahrtswasserstand) The newest reading is 113 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 577 cm at 17:00 CET on 9 January 2011. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 0 cm at 09:00 CET on 31 January 2019. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 559.5 cm on 9 January 2011. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 163.4 cm on 2 April 2019. Provisional data.
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About this gauge
Bamberg is a gauge on the Main-Danube Canal in Germany, at river kilometre 7.31.
It lies at 49.8820° N, 10.9068° 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 228.46 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.