Laudal (Mandalselva): discharge and water level

Laudal (Mandalselva): discharge 116 m³/s (154% of mean flow), water level 0.99 m – below mean flood. Measured 23/10/2026, 18:00 CEST.

Now

116 m³/s below mean flood

Water level: 0.988 m (local datum) · Measured: 23/10/2026, 18:00 CEST · uncontrolled

Discharge, recent days (110–116 m³/s)

Mean flow (catchment statistic)74.9 m³/s
Mean annual flood443 m³/s
5-year flood535 m³/s
50-year flood856 m³/s

NVE flood statistics (culmination values) for 1982–2016.

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

30.5 mm fell at MET station Laudal - Kleiven (6 km away).

2026-10-16: 2.3 mm16.2.32026-10-17: 3.1 mm17.3.12026-10-18: 0 mm18.02026-10-19: 0 mm19.02026-10-20: 0 mm20.02026-10-21: 0.3 mm21.0.32026-10-22: 24.8 mm22.24.8
Data: MET Norway (Frost API, SN41175) · NLOD 2.0 / CC BY 4.0 · daily values, provisional

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

  • MANDALSELVA - MANNFLAAVATNET TIL LAUDAL NO022-649-R
    Ecological status: moderate (2020) · Chemical: not assessed
    Good status expected: by 2027
  • MANDALSELVA - LAUDAL TIL OEYSLEBOE BEKKEFELT NO022-650-R
    Ecological status: moderate (2019) · Chemical: not assessed
    Good status expected: by 2027
  • MANDALSELVA - LAUDAL TIL OEYSLEBOE NO022-654-R
    Ecological status: moderate (2021) · 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