World Water Levels

normal for the date

Oste at Hechthausen

The Oste at Hechthausen read 532 cm at .

Newest reading
532 cmProvisional
Against normal for the date
normalwithin the normal range for the date
Normal range for the date
515 cm to 598 cmMedian 552 cm
Change
  • +31 cm in a day
  • -39 cm in a week

That is within the normal range for the date.

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 515 cm to 598 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: 738 cm at 09:35 CET on 28 October 2002. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 313 cm at 21:10 CET on 23 March 2013. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 687.2 cm on 17 February 2022. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 377.4 cm on 23 March 2013. Provisional data.

As the source publishes them

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About this gauge

Hechthausen is a gauge on the Oste in Germany, at river kilometre 30.94.

It lies at 53.6405° N, 9.2528° 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.

PEGELONLINE publishes its readings as unchecked raw data.

The newest reading is provisional: the source may still correct it.

See also