low for the date
North Sea at Helgoland Südhafen
The North Sea at Helgoland Südhafen read 453 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 453 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- lowin the lowest 5 percent for the date
- Normal range for the date
- 480 cm to 551 cmMedian 511 cm
- Change
- -48 cm in a day
- -177 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 15 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 480 cm to 551 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 15 years between 2000 and 2025.
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 1,856 cm at 15:34 CEST on 15 September 2003. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 0 cm at 14:14 CET on 9 February 2000. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 658.6 cm on 1 March 2008. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 0 cm on 11 January 2002. Provisional data.
About this gauge
Helgoland Südhafen is a gauge on the North Sea in Germany.
It lies at 54.1750° N, 7.8943° 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 -5.013 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.