low for the date
Werra at Heldra
The Werra at Heldra read 117 cm at .
- Newest reading
- 117 cmProvisional
- Against normal for the date
- lowlower than any day of these dates in 26 years
- Normal range for the date
- 131 cm to 183 cmMedian 150 cm
- Change
- -1 cm in a day
- +2 cm in a week
That is lower than any 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 131 cm to 183 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): 132 cm, over 1996 to 2006. (Mittel der Niedrigwasserstände) The newest reading is 15 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean water level (MW): 192 cm, over 1996 to 2006. (Mittel der Tageswasserstände) The newest reading is 75 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Mean high water level (MHW): 385 cm, over 1996 to 2006. (Mittel der Hochwasserstände) The newest reading is 268 cm below it.Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Records
- Highest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 488 cm at 06:00 CEST on 3 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest reading in our series since 1 January 2000: 103 cm at 09:00 CEST on 18 August 2022. Provisional data.
- Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 484.9 cm on 3 June 2013. Provisional data.
- Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 2000: 105.6 cm on 18 August 2022. Provisional data.
As the source publishes them
- Lowest low water level on record (NNW): 106 cm, on 18 August 2022. (Niedrigster Niedrigwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
- Highest high water level on record (HHW): 461 cm, on 16 April 1994. (Höchster Hochwasserstand)Set by PEGELONLINE REST API v2 (WSV, operated by ITZBund).
Our series holds a lower value (103 cm) than the record WSV publishes (106 cm); the published value may come from another period or may not be updated yet.
Next gauges on this water
The next gauges on this water by river kilometre.
- Letzter Heller, km 2.32: 134 cm
- Allendorf, km 40.79: 49 cm
- Werra at Heldra
About this gauge
Heldra is a gauge on the Werra in Germany, at river kilometre 77.32.
It lies at 51.1250° N, 10.1970° 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 168.019 m above NN (the former German sea-level datum), valid from 19 July 1970.
PEGELONLINE publishes its readings as unchecked raw data.
The newest reading is provisional: the source may still correct it.