Kjølemo (Mandalselva): discharge and water level

Kjølemo (Mandalselva): discharge 114 m³/s (139% of mean flow), water level 3.18 m – below mean flood. Measured 23/10/2026, 19:00 CEST.

Now

114 m³/s below mean flood

Water level: 3.184 m (local datum) · Measured: 23/10/2026, 19:00 CEST · uncontrolled

Discharge, recent days (114–114 m³/s)

Mean flow (catchment statistic)82.3 m³/s
Mean annual flood527 m³/s
5-year flood660 m³/s
50-year flood990 m³/s

NVE flood statistics (culmination values).

Source: Data: NVE (Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat), HydAPI · Licence: NLOD 2.0 · Updated 23/10/2026, 20:00 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

22.4 mm fell at MET station Mandal Iii (11.5 km away).

2026-10-16: 1.3 mm16.1.32026-10-17: 4.2 mm17.4.22026-10-18: 0 mm18.02026-10-19: 0 mm19.02026-10-20: 0 mm20.02026-10-21: 2.1 mm21.2.12026-10-22: 14.8 mm22.14.8
Data: MET Norway (Frost API, SN41090) · NLOD 2.0 / CC BY 4.0 · daily values, provisional

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

  • MANDALSELVA - OEYSLEBOE TIL MANDAL BEKKEFELT NO022-815-R
    Ecological status: moderate (2020) · Chemical: good
    Good status expected: by 2027
  • MANDALSELVA - OEYSLEBOE TIL MANDAL NO022-814-R
    Ecological status: poor (2019) · Chemical: good
    Good status expected: by 2027

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