low for the date
Saale at Rischmühle OP
The Saale at Rischmühle OP read 257 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 257 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- lowin the lowest 5 percent for the date
- Normal range for the date
- 259 cm to 282 cmMedian 267 cm
- Change
- +1 cm in a day
- +3 cm in a week
That is below the normal range for the date, in the lowest 5 percent of the daily averages of these dates in the 26 years between 2000 and 2025.
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 259 cm to 282 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): 255 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 2 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 275 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 18 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 342 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 85 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 417 cm at 17:15 CEST on 4 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 245 cm at 20:00 CEST on 28 August 2019. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 415.1 cm on 4 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 249.4 cm on 7 July 2019. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 202 cm, on 25 July 1893. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 424 cm, on 15 April 1994. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Next gauges on this water
The next gauges on this water by river kilometre.
- Röpzig, km 101.9: 32 cm
- Rischmühle UP, km 115.19: 199 cm
- Saale at Rischmühle OP
About this gauge
Rischmühle OP is a gauge on the Saale in Germany, at river kilometre 115.26.
It lies at 51.3502° N, 12.0023° 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 82.654 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.