World Water Levels

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North Sea at Helgoland Binnenhafen

The North Sea at Helgoland Binnenhafen read 456 cm at .

Newest reading
456 cmProvisional
Against normal for the date
lowin the lowest 5 percent for the date
Normal range for the date
478 cm to 552 cmMedian 509 cm
Change
  • -45 cm in a day
  • -174 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 478 cm to 552 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: 846 cm at 02:20 CET on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 234 cm at 05:45 CET on 1 March 2018. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 684.9 cm on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 351.3 cm on 1 March 2018. Provisional data.

As the source publishes them

About this gauge

Helgoland Binnenhafen is a gauge on the North Sea in Germany.

It lies at 54.1789° N, 7.8899° 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 -5.015 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.

See also