Main at Astheim
The Main at Astheim read 72 cm at .
That is lower than any of the daily averages of these dates in the 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Down 4 cm in 24 hours.
- Down 4 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
Long views: the past year, the past decade and the whole record
Normal range and official levels
The normal range for 5 October is 87 cm to 122 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): 71 cm, over 2006 to 2015. (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): 134 cm, over 2006 to 2015. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 62 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 510 cm, over 2006 to 2015. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 438 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 665 cm at 13:45 CET on 16 January 2011. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 0 cm at 03:30 CEST on 30 September 2026. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 656.2 cm on 16 January 2011. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 63.6 cm on 25 January 2017. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 47 cm, on 28 June 1976. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Lowest daily water level in the period (NW): 68 cm, over 2000 to 2010. (Niedrigster Tageswasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest water level in the period (HW): 663 cm, over 2000 to 2010. (Höchster Momentanwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a lower value (0 cm) than the record WSV publishes (47 cm); the published value may come from another period or may not be updated yet.
Next gauges on this water
The next gauges on this water by river kilometre.
About this gauge
Astheim is a gauge on the Main in Germany, at river kilometre 311.22.
It lies at 49.8584° N, 10.2177° 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 189.465 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.