Kista (Altavassdraget): discharge and water level

Kista (Altavassdraget): discharge 75.7 m³/s (94% of mean flow), water level 0.97 m – below mean flood. Measured 23/10/2026, 18:15 CEST.

Now

75.7 m³/s below mean flood

Water level: 0.971 m (local datum) · Measured: 23/10/2026, 18:15 CEST · uncontrolled

Discharge, recent days (75.7–76.1 m³/s)

Mean flow (catchment statistic)80.4 m³/s
Mean annual flood683 m³/s
5-year flood896 m³/s
50-year flood1,214 m³/s

NVE flood statistics (culmination values) for 1988–2025.

Source: Data: NVE (Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat), HydAPI · Licence: NLOD 2.0 · Updated 23/10/2026, 19:45 CEST. Raw data, mostly not yet quality-controlled by NVE. Not an official flood warning – see varsom.no.

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Precipitation, last 7 days

1.1 mm fell at MET station Alta Lufthavn (17.9 km away).

2026-10-16: 0.8 mm16.0.82026-10-17: 0 mm17.02026-10-18: 0.2 mm18.0.22026-10-19: 0 mm19.02026-10-20: 0.1 mm20.0.12026-10-21: 0 mm21.02026-10-22: 0 mm22.0
Data: MET Norway (Frost API, SN93140) · NLOD 2.0 / CC BY 4.0 · daily values, provisional

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

  • ALTAELVA OEVRE BEKKEFELT NO212-1872-R
    Ecological status: high (2014) · Chemical: not assessed
  • ALTAELVA OEVRE NO212-1894-R
    Ecological status: good (2020) · Chemical: not assessed

Official assessment of the water body at this gauge from the 2022 river basin management plans (WFD target: at least “good”). It rates the whole water body, not today’s water quality.

EEA WISE – WFD 2022 (3rd RBMP), © EEA, CC BY 4.0