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Neckar at Heidelberg UP
The Neckar at Heidelberg UP read 210 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 210 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- lowin the lowest 5 percent for the date
- Normal range for the date
- 212 cm to 218 cmMedian 214 cm
- Change
- +2 cm in a day
- +7 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 212 cm to 218 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Highest navigable water level (HSW): 260 cm, valid from 13 January 2003. (höchster Schifffahrtswasserstand) The newest reading is 50 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean low water level (MNW): 207 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 3 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 220 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 10 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 401 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 191 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 557 cm at 20:45 CET on 21 March 2002. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 173 cm at 09:00 CET on 13 February 2012. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 521 cm on 22 March 2002. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 194.9 cm on 10 August 2026. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest daily water level in the period (NW): 199 cm, on 25 January 2017, over 2010 to 2020. (Niedrigster Tageswasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest water level in the period (HW): 531 cm, on 2 June 2013, over 2010 to 2020. (Höchster Momentanwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 661 cm, on 22 December 1993. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Next gauges on this water
The next gauges on this water by river kilometre.
- Schwabenheim Schleuse UP, km 17.6: 212 cm
- Wieblingen Wehr UP Neu, km 22.4: 568 cm
- Neckar at Heidelberg UP
- Ziegelhausen AMS, km 29.4: 232 cm
- Neckargemünd Schleuse UP, km 30.8: 203 cm
About this gauge
Heidelberg UP is a gauge on the Neckar in Germany, at river kilometre 26.1.
It lies at 49.4147° N, 8.7177° 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 103.22 m above NHN (the German sea-level datum), valid from 1 November 2017.
PEGELONLINE publishes its readings as unchecked raw data.
The newest reading is provisional: the source may still correct it.