low for the date
Main at Obernau
The Main at Obernau read 88 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 88 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- lowin the lowest 5 percent for the date
- Normal range for the date
- 95 cm to 119 cmMedian 102 cm
- Change
- -6 cm in a day
- -9 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 95 cm to 119 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 212 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest navigable water level (HSW): 380 cm, valid from 8 January 2003. (höchster Schifffahrtswasserstand) The newest reading is 292 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean low water level (MNW): 93 cm, over 2006 to 2015. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 5 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 137 cm, over 2006 to 2015. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 49 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 433 cm, over 2006 to 2015. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 345 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 612 cm at 17:30 CET on 4 January 2003. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 72 cm at 16:30 CEST on 21 September 2019. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 598 cm on 4 January 2003. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 83.7 cm on 12 August 2025. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 83 cm, on 23 May 1990. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Lowest daily water level in the period (NW): 88 cm, over 2000 to 2010. (Niedrigster Tageswasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest water level in the period (HW): 612 cm, over 2000 to 2010. (Höchster Momentanwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 641 cm, on 26 February 1970. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a lower value (72 cm) than the record WSV publishes (83 cm); the published value may come from another period or may not be updated yet.
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About this gauge
Obernau is a gauge on the Main in Germany, at river kilometre 92.385.
It lies at 49.9338° N, 9.1291° 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 107.78 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.