Neckar at Lauffen
The Neckar at Lauffen read 212 cm at .
That is lower than any of the daily averages of these dates in the 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Down 10 cm in 24 hours.
- Down 3 cm in 7 days.
- 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 220 cm to 262 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): 219 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 7 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 259 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 47 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 532 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 320 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 610 cm at 07:45 CEST on 2 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 0 cm at 08:30 CEST on 17 April 2024. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 575.9 cm on 14 January 2004. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 0 cm on 18 April 2024. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest daily water level in the period (NW): 214 cm, on 20 October 2020, over 2010 to 2020. (Niedrigster Tageswasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest water level in the period (HW): 611 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): 725 cm, on 24 May 1978. (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.
- Lauffen Schleuse UP, km 125.1: 209 cm
- Horkheim Wehr UP, km 119.8: 251 cm
- Besigheim Schleuse UP, km 136.2: 212 cm
- Besigheim SKA, km 136.284: 209 cm
About this gauge
Lauffen is a gauge on the Neckar in Germany, at river kilometre 125.43.
It lies at 49.0723° N, 9.1598° 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 159.37 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.