low for the date
Main at Frankfurt Osthafen
The Main at Frankfurt Osthafen read 151 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 151 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- lowin the lowest 5 percent for the date
- Normal range for the date
- 155 cm to 166 cmMedian 158 cm
- Change
- +1 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 155 cm to 166 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): 300 cm, valid from 1 January 2003. (Marke_I) The newest reading is 149 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 219 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean low water level (MNW): 154 cm, over 2006 to 2015. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 3 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 177 cm, over 2006 to 2015. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 26 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 361 cm, over 2006 to 2015. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 210 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 519 cm at 02:00 CET on 5 January 2003. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 137 cm at 11:15 CEST on 18 August 2022. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 507.5 cm on 5 January 2003. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 145.9 cm on 5 October 2026. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 142 cm, on 29 June 1976. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Lowest daily water level in the period (NW): 153 cm, over 2000 to 2010. (Niedrigster Tageswasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest water level in the period (HW): 519 cm, over 2000 to 2010. (Höchster Momentanwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 547 cm, on 30 January 1995. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a lower value (137 cm) than the record WSV publishes (142 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.
- Raunheim, km 12.213: 124 cm
- Main at Frankfurt Osthafen
- Krotzenburg, km 63.23: 106 cm
- Mainflingen, km 76.43: 72 cm
About this gauge
Frankfurt Osthafen is a gauge on the Main in Germany, at river kilometre 37.591.
It lies at 50.1057° N, 8.7150° 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 90.626 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.