low for the date
Main at Faulbach
The Main at Faulbach read 97 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 97 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- lowin the lowest 5 percent for the date
- Normal range for the date
- 100 cm to 126 cmMedian 109 cm
- Change
- -3 cm in a day
- -5 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 100 cm to 126 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): 97 cm, over 2006 to 2015. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is at this level.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 144 cm, over 2006 to 2015. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 47 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 453 cm, over 2006 to 2015. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 356 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 653 cm at 08:30 CET on 4 January 2003. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 70 cm at 14:00 CEST on 11 April 2002. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 642.7 cm on 4 January 2003. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 72.8 cm on 21 October 2008. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 72 cm, on 21 October 2008. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 681 cm, on 26 February 1970. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a lower value (70 cm) than the record WSV publishes (72 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.
- Obernau, km 92.385: 88 cm
- Kleinheubach, km 121.7: 106 cm
- Main at Faulbach
- Wertheim, km 156.96: 87 cm
- Steinbach, km 200.52: 122 cm
About this gauge
Faulbach is a gauge on the Main in Germany, at river kilometre 146.6.
It lies at 49.7850° N, 9.4388° 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 128.257 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.