low for the date
Saale at Rothenburg UP
The Saale at Rothenburg UP read 312 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 312 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- lowlower than any day of these dates in 18 years
- Normal range for the date
- 322 cm to 368 cmMedian 333 cm
- Change
- 0 cm in a day
- +2 cm in a week
That is lower than any of the daily averages of these dates in the 18 years between 2008 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 322 cm to 368 cm: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 18 years between 2008 and 2025.
- Mean low water level (MNW): 317 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 5 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 363 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 51 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 553 cm, over 2010 to 2020. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 241 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 16 June 2008: 868 cm at 22:15 CEST on 5 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 16 June 2008: 281 cm at 10:30 CEST on 19 July 2017. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 16 June 2008: 861.6 cm on 6 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 16 June 2008: 306.9 cm on 13 September 2026. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 315 cm, on 22 July 2018. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 868 cm, on 5 June 2013. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a lower value (281 cm) than the record WSV publishes (315 cm); the published value may come from another period or may not be updated yet.
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About this gauge
Rothenburg UP is a gauge on the Saale in Germany, at river kilometre 58.6.
It lies at 51.6553° N, 11.7513° 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 61.041 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.