normal for the date
Main at Steinbach
The Main at Steinbach read 121 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 121 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- normalwithin the normal range for the date
- Normal range for the date
- 120 cm to 142 cmMedian 127 cm
- Change
- +2 cm in a day
- -1 cm in a week
That is within the normal range for the date.
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 120 cm to 142 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 179 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 249 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean low water level (MNW): 115 cm, over 2006 to 2015. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 6 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 155 cm, over 2006 to 2015. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 34 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 457 cm, over 2006 to 2015. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 336 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 619 cm at 15:00 CET on 17 January 2011. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 93 cm at 01:45 CEST on 19 June 2002. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 612.3 cm on 17 January 2011. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 104.2 cm on 7 December 2016. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 99 cm, on 6 August 1971. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Lowest daily water level in the period (NW): 109 cm, over 2000 to 2010. (Niedrigster Tageswasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest water level in the period (HW): 617 cm, over 2000 to 2010. (Höchster Momentanwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 659 cm, on 26 February 1970. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a lower value (93 cm) than the record WSV publishes (99 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.
- Faulbach, km 146.6: 96 cm
- Wertheim, km 156.96: 84 cm
- Main at Steinbach
- Würzburg, km 251.97: 147 cm
- Astheim, km 311.22: 72 cm
About this gauge
Steinbach is a gauge on the Main in Germany, at river kilometre 200.52.
It lies at 50.0110° N, 9.6021° 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 146.301 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.