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Moselle at Ruwer

The Moselle at Ruwer read 217 cm at .

Newest reading
217 cmProvisional
Against normal for the date
lowin the lowest 5 percent for the date
Normal range for the date
221 cm to 256 cmMedian 226 cm
Change
  • -5 cm in a day
  • -2 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

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Normal range and official levels

The normal range for 5 October is 221 cm to 256 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 26 years between 2000 and 2025.

Records

  • Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 762 cm at 12:00 CET on 3 January 2003. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 193 cm at 11:45 CEST on 23 September 2020. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 745.7 cm on 3 January 2003. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 195.7 cm on 23 September 2020. Provisional data.

As the source publishes them

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About this gauge

Ruwer is a gauge on the Moselle in Germany, at river kilometre 185.94.

It lies at 49.7831° N, 6.7042° 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 121.013 m above NHN (the German sea-level datum), valid from 1 January 2019.

PEGELONLINE publishes its readings as unchecked raw data.

The newest reading is provisional: the source may still correct it.

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