low for the date
North Sea at Husum
The North Sea at Husum read 394 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 394 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- lowlower than any day of these dates in 26 years
- Normal range for the date
- 480 cm to 574 cmMedian 518 cm
- Change
- +27 cm in a day
- -282 cm in a week
That is lower than any 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 480 cm to 574 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 tide level (MTnw): 322 cm, over 2011 to 2020. (Mittlerer Tideniedrigwasserstand) The newest reading is 72 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high tide level (MThw): 672 cm, over 2011 to 2020. (Mittlerer Tidehochwasserstand) The newest reading is 278 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 1,016 cm at 02:39 CET on 19 February 2022. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 191 cm at 04:53 CET on 23 March 2013. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 744.1 cm on 6 December 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 329.1 cm on 23 March 2013. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low tide in the period (NTnw): 191 cm, on 23 March 2013, over 2011 to 2020. (Niedrigster Tideniedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high tide in the period (HThw): 986 cm, on 6 December 2013, over 2011 to 2020. (Höchster Tidehochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
About this gauge
Husum is a gauge on the North Sea in Germany.
It lies at 54.4723° N, 9.0248° 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 -5.004 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.