Polmak nye (Tana): discharge and water level

Polmak nye (Tana): discharge 128 m³/s (77% of mean flow), water level 1.26 m – below mean flood. Measured 23/10/2026, 20:00 CEST.

Now

128 m³/s below mean flood

Water level: 1.255 m (local datum) · Measured: 23/10/2026, 20:00 CEST · uncontrolled

Discharge, recent days (128–128 m³/s)

Mean flow (catchment statistic)166 m³/s
Mean annual flood1,720 m³/s
5-year flood2,200 m³/s
50-year flood3,500 m³/s

NVE flood statistics (culmination values).

Source: Data: NVE (Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat), HydAPI · Licence: NLOD 2.0 · Updated 23/10/2026, 21:15 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

2.9 mm fell at MET station Polmak Tollsted (2.7 km away).

2026-10-16: 1.3 mm16.1.32026-10-17: 0 mm17.02026-10-18: 0.6 mm18.0.62026-10-19: 0.5 mm19.0.52026-10-20: 0.5 mm20.0.52026-10-21: 0 mm21.02026-10-22: 0 mm22.0
Data: MET Norway (Frost API, SN96931) · NLOD 2.0 / CC BY 4.0 · daily values, provisional

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

  • TANAELVA- RADJANJARGA TIL POLMAKELVA NO234-118-R
    Ecological status: bad (2020) · Chemical: not assessed
    Good status expected: by 2027
  • FIELBMAJOHKA BEKKEFELT TIL TANAELVA POLMAK OEST NO234-938-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