Rhine at Plittersdorf
The Rhine at Plittersdorf read 201 cm at .
That is lower than any of the daily averages of these dates in the 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
- Down 2 cm in 24 hours.
- Up 4 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 288 cm to 461 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 water level (MNW): 272 cm, over 2000 to 2010. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 71 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 411 cm, over 2000 to 2010. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 210 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 687 cm, over 2000 to 2010. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 486 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 758 cm at 11:30 CEST on 10 August 2007. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 193 cm at 06:45 CEST on 1 October 2026. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 743 cm on 10 August 2007. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 196.6 cm on 29 September 2026. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 199 cm, on 4 November 1947. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Lowest daily water level in the period (NW): 230 cm, on 26 September 2003, over 2000 to 2010. (Niedrigster Tageswasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest water level in the period (HW): 758 cm, on 10 August 2007, over 2000 to 2010. (Höchster Momentanwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 768 cm, on 13 May 1999. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a lower value (193 cm) than the record WSV publishes (199 cm); the published value may come from another period or may not be updated yet.
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About this gauge
Plittersdorf is a gauge on the Rhine in Germany, at river kilometre 340.2.
It lies at 48.8860° N, 8.1359° 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 106.71 m above NHN (the German sea-level datum), valid from 1 November 2018.
PEGELONLINE publishes its readings as unchecked raw data.
The newest reading is provisional: the source may still correct it.