Rate (Nidelvvassdraget): discharge and water level

Rate (Nidelvvassdraget): discharge 80 m³/s (86% of mean flow), water level 12.5 m – below mean flood. Measured 23/10/2026, 20:00 CEST.

Now

80 m³/s below mean flood

Water level: 12.497 m (local datum) · Measured: 23/10/2026, 20:00 CEST · uncontrolled

Discharge, recent days (77.6–80 m³/s)

Mean flow (catchment statistic)93 m³/s
Mean annual flood355 m³/s
5-year flood445 m³/s
50-year flood625 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

8.6 mm fell at MET station Trondheim - Risvollan (2.2 km away).

2026-10-17: 1.1 mm17.1.12026-10-18: 7.5 mm18.7.52026-10-19: 0 mm19.02026-10-20: 0 mm20.02026-10-21: 0 mm21.02026-10-22: 0 mm22.0
Data: MET Norway (Frost API, SN68230) · NLOD 2.0 / CC BY 4.0 · daily values, provisional

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

  • NIDELVA NEDENFOR NEDRE LEIRFOSS NO123-29-R
    Ecological potential: moderate (2022) · 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