Saale at Rothenburg OP
The Saale at Rothenburg OP read 330 cm at .
That is within the normal range for the date.
- Up 1 cm in 24 hours.
- Up 2 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 324 cm to 337 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 17 years between 2008 and 2025.
- Mean low water level (MNW): 320 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 10 cm above it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 337 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 7 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 433 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 103 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 30 November 2008: 644 cm at 22:15 CEST on 5 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 30 November 2008: 0 cm at 05:45 CEST on 3 October 2026. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 30 November 2008: 636.4 cm on 6 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 30 November 2008: 305.2 cm on 3 October 2026. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 285 cm, on 7 January 1954. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 645 cm, on 5 June 2013. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a lower value (0 cm) than the record WSV publishes (285 cm); the published value may come from another period or may not be updated yet.
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About this gauge
Rothenburg OP is a gauge on the Saale in Germany, at river kilometre 58.78.
It lies at 51.6539° N, 11.7522° 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 64.141 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.