normal for the date
Saale at Nienburg (Saale)
The Saale at Nienburg (Saale) read 135 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 135 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- normalwithin the normal range for the date
- Normal range for the date
- 118 cm to 153 cmMedian 138 cm
- Change
- -1 cm in a day
- +1 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
Long views: the past year, the past decade and the whole record
Normal range and official levels
The normal range for 5 October is 118 cm to 153 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): 130 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 5 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 155 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 20 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 273 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 138 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 877 cm at 10:30 CET on 24 February 2000. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 39 cm at 10:45 CEST on 28 September 2001. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 535 cm on 6 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 57.7 cm on 27 September 2001. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): -8 cm, on 17 August 1943. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 540 cm, on 6 June 2013. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a higher value (877 cm) than the record WSV publishes (540 cm); the published value may come from another period or may not be updated yet.
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About this gauge
Nienburg (Saale) is a gauge on the Saale in Germany, at river kilometre 27.9.
It lies at 51.8392° N, 11.7722° 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 54.679 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.