Numedalslågen v/Kongsberg (Numedalslågen): discharge and water level

Numedalslågen v/Kongsberg (Numedalslågen): discharge 170 m³/s (209% of mean flow), water level 2.04 m – below mean flood. Measured 23/10/2026, 20:00 CEST.

Now

170 m³/s below mean flood

Water level: 2.04 m (local datum) · Measured: 23/10/2026, 20:00 CEST · uncontrolled

Discharge, recent days (164–177 m³/s)

Mean flow (catchment statistic)81.5 m³/s
Mean annual flood373 m³/s
5-year flood473 m³/s
50-year flood805 m³/s

NVE flood statistics (culmination values).

Source: Data: NVE (Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat), HydAPI · Licence: NLOD 2.0 · Updated 23/10/2026, 21:00 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

25.9 mm fell at MET station Kongsberg Brannstasjon (5.4 km away).

2026-10-16: 0 mm16.02026-10-17: 0 mm17.02026-10-18: 0 mm18.02026-10-19: 0 mm19.02026-10-20: 0 mm20.02026-10-21: 6.9 mm21.6.92026-10-22: 19 mm22.19
Data: MET Norway (Frost API, SN28380) · NLOD 2.0 / CC BY 4.0 · daily values, provisional

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

  • NUMEDALSLAAGEN PIKERFOSS - NYBRUFOSS NO015-1359-R
    Ecological potential: moderate (2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
    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