normal for the date
Müritz-Elde Waterway at Plau OP
The Müritz-Elde Waterway at Plau OP read 172 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 172 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- normalwithin the normal range for the date
- Normal range for the date
- 156 cm to 196 cmMedian 181 cm
- Change
- -1 cm in a day
- -3 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 156 cm to 196 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): 170 cm, over 2000 to 2010. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 2 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 196 cm, over 2000 to 2010. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 24 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 220 cm, over 2000 to 2010. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 48 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 238 cm at 15:15 CEST on 10 June 2002. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 124 cm at 08:45 CET on 1 March 2006. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 231.1 cm on 10 March 2024. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 140 cm on 18 September 2019. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 154 cm, on 25 October 2002. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 230 cm, on 9 May 2002. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a lower value (124 cm) than the record WSV publishes (154 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.
- Barkow OP, km 114.086: 97 cm
- Plau UP, km 120.004: 95 cm
- Müritz-Elde Waterway at Plau OP
- Waren, km 151.975: 173 cm
About this gauge
Plau OP is a gauge on the Müritz-Elde Waterway in Germany, at river kilometre 120.08.
It lies at 53.4568° N, 12.2610° 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 60.148 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.