Rhine at Oberwinter
The Rhine at Oberwinter read -6 cm at .
That is lower than any of the daily averages of these dates in the 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Up 2 cm in 24 hours.
- Up 12 cm in 7 days.
- 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 66 cm to 256 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Flood mark I (M_I): 490 cm, valid from 1 January 2004. (Marke_I) The newest reading is 496 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest navigable water level (HSW): 680 cm, valid from 1 January 1950. (höchster Schifffahrtswasserstand) The newest reading is 686 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Flood mark II (M_II): 680 cm, valid from 1 January 2004. (Marke_II) The newest reading is 686 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean low water level (MNW): 50 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 56 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 218 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 224 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 597 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 603 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 825 cm at 15:15 CET on 4 January 2003. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: -20 cm at 13:30 CEST on 27 September 2026. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 818.1 cm on 4 January 2003. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: -18.3 cm on 27 September 2026. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 7 cm, on 22 October 2018. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Lowest daily water level in the period (NW): 7 cm, on 22 October 2018, over 2010 to 2020. (Niedrigster Tageswasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest water level in the period (HW): 746 cm, on 10 January 2011, over 2010 to 2020. (Höchster Momentanwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a lower value (-20 cm) than the record WSV publishes (7 cm); the published value may come from another period or may not be updated yet.
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About this gauge
Oberwinter is a gauge on the Rhine in Germany, at river kilometre 638.19.
It lies at 50.6137° N, 7.2102° 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 47.222 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.