World Water Levels

Rhine at Bodenheim

The Rhine at Bodenheim read 127 cm at .

That is lower than any of the daily averages of these dates in the 26 years between 2000 and 2025.

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Normal range and official levels

The normal range for 5 October is 205 cm to 372 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: 730 cm at 16:45 CEST on 4 June 2013. Provisional data.
  • Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 118 cm at 10:45 CEST on 1 October 2026. Provisional data.
  • Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 728.6 cm on 4 June 2013. Provisional data.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 119.9 cm on 1 October 2026. Provisional data.

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About this gauge

Bodenheim is a gauge on the Rhine in Germany, at river kilometre 489.

It lies at 49.9357° N, 8.3428° 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 78.764 m above NHN (the German sea-level datum), valid from 18 July 2017.

PEGELONLINE publishes its readings as unchecked raw data.

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

See also