The monitoring network within this area

Hydrionis holds 112,414 values from 13 gauges within it. Discharge is a property of a gauge and its reach, not of this drainage area, so this page reports the network and its records rather than a single figure.

13
Gauges
112,414
Values held
1951–2026
Record spans
Gauges within the Perhonjoki drainage basin
13 monitoring points, positioned as the publisher records them.
Gauges within the Perhonjoki drainage basinPelon silta, Kaitfors, kokonaisvirtaama, Tunkkari, Perho, Vissavesi, Patanan tekoallas, Yrttikosken säänn. Pato, Venetjärvi, Lahnakoski, Kaitfors, ohijuoksutus, Yrttikoski ohivirtaus, Kaitfors, konevirtaama, Kaitfors kalatie lisävesitysputkiPelon siltaKaitfors, kokonaisvirtaamaTunkkariPerhoVissavesiPatanan tekoallasYrttikosken säänn. PatoVenetjärviLahnakoskiKaitfors, ohijuoksutusYrttikoski ohivirtausKaitfors, konevirtaamaKaitfors kalatie lisävesitysputki

How low, how high and how variable this gauge runs

A hydrograph says what happened; these say how often. Read off Tunkkari's whole daily record between 1980 and 2026, they describe the shape of the record rather than any day in it — and they belong to this gauge and its reach, not to this drainage area.

4.000 m³/s
Q95 low flow
9.390 m³/s
Q50 median flow
32.000 m³/s
Q10 high flow
Largest day of each water year at Tunkkari
The highest daily mean discharge in each October-to-September water year, 1980–2025.
Largest day of each water year at TunkkariLargest day of each water year at Tunkkari: Tunkkari in m³/s, from 1980 to 2025.50100150m³/s19801986199219982004201020162022Tunkkari 1980: 128 m³/sTunkkari 1981: 149 m³/sTunkkari 1982: 97.0 m³/sTunkkari 1983: 141 m³/sTunkkari 1984: 130 m³/sTunkkari 1985: 119 m³/sTunkkari 1986: 132 m³/sTunkkari 1987: 110 m³/sTunkkari 1988: 127 m³/sTunkkari 1989: 58.0 m³/sTunkkari 1990: 69.0 m³/sTunkkari 1991: 81.0 m³/sTunkkari 1992: 95.0 m³/sTunkkari 1993: 66.0 m³/sTunkkari 1994: 114 m³/sTunkkari 1995: 48.0 m³/sTunkkari 1996: 91.0 m³/sTunkkari 1997: 103 m³/sTunkkari 1998: 88.0 m³/sTunkkari 1999: 149 m³/sTunkkari 2000: 83.0 m³/sTunkkari 2001: 84.0 m³/sTunkkari 2002: 59.0 m³/sTunkkari 2003: 95.0 m³/sTunkkari 2004: 61.0 m³/sTunkkari 2005: 101 m³/sTunkkari 2006: 54.0 m³/sTunkkari 2007: 85.0 m³/sTunkkari 2008: 71.0 m³/sTunkkari 2009: 81.0 m³/sTunkkari 2010: 97.0 m³/sTunkkari 2011: 111 m³/sTunkkari 2012: 89.0 m³/sTunkkari 2013: 107 m³/sTunkkari 2014: 88.0 m³/sTunkkari 2015: 80.0 m³/sTunkkari 2016: 78.5 m³/sTunkkari 2017: 90.0 m³/sTunkkari 2018: 67.0 m³/sTunkkari 2019: 86.5 m³/sTunkkari 2020: 110 m³/sTunkkari 2021: 97.0 m³/sTunkkari 2022: 121 m³/sTunkkari 2023: 128 m³/sTunkkari 2024: 76.6 m³/sTunkkari 2025: 79.0 m³/s

These are the largest daily means, not flood peaks. A peak lasting hours is averaged across a whole day here, so the true instantaneous maximum on the same day was higher — sometimes far higher on a fast-responding catchment. Flood frequency work needs a publisher's own instantaneous series; Hydrionis holds one for 2,236 American gauges and not for this one, so the two are never drawn together. A water year the gauge did not substantially cover produces no value at all rather than a low one.

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Underlying data
PeriodTunkkari (m³/s)
1980128
1981149
198297.0
1983141
1984130
1985119
1986132
1987110
1988127
198958.0
199069.0
199181.0
199295.0
199366.0
1994114
199548.0
199691.0
1997103
199888.0
1999149
200083.0
200184.0
200259.0
200395.0
200461.0
2005101
200654.0
200785.0
200871.0
200981.0
201097.0
2011111
201289.0
2013107
201488.0
201580.0
201678.5
201790.0
201867.0
201986.5
2020110
202197.0
2022121
2023128
202476.6
202579.0

The longest record here

Mean river flow at Tunkkari
Annual means of the daily record, 1980–2025. One gauge, not this drainage area.
Mean river flow at TunkkariMean river flow at Tunkkari: Tunkkari in m³/s, from 1980 to 2025.510152025m³/s19801986199219982004201020162022Tunkkari 1980: 12.0 m³/sTunkkari 1981: 24.1 m³/sTunkkari 1982: 17.4 m³/sTunkkari 1983: 17.2 m³/sTunkkari 1984: 13.7 m³/sTunkkari 1985: 10.9 m³/sTunkkari 1986: 16.0 m³/sTunkkari 1987: 19.6 m³/sTunkkari 1988: 11.9 m³/sTunkkari 1989: 15.4 m³/sTunkkari 1990: 10.4 m³/sTunkkari 1991: 14.6 m³/sTunkkari 1992: 18.7 m³/sTunkkari 1993: 12.0 m³/sTunkkari 1994: 11.6 m³/sTunkkari 1995: 13.5 m³/sTunkkari 1996: 8.79 m³/sTunkkari 1997: 14.1 m³/sTunkkari 1998: 18.0 m³/sTunkkari 1999: 11.3 m³/sTunkkari 2000: 16.4 m³/sTunkkari 2001: 13.6 m³/sTunkkari 2002: 9.85 m³/sTunkkari 2003: 10.2 m³/sTunkkari 2004: 16.2 m³/sTunkkari 2005: 11.8 m³/sTunkkari 2006: 12.3 m³/sTunkkari 2007: 13.3 m³/sTunkkari 2008: 19.4 m³/sTunkkari 2009: 9.01 m³/sTunkkari 2010: 14.0 m³/sTunkkari 2011: 18.4 m³/sTunkkari 2012: 23.1 m³/sTunkkari 2013: 15.8 m³/sTunkkari 2014: 12.7 m³/sTunkkari 2015: 20.8 m³/sTunkkari 2016: 14.4 m³/sTunkkari 2017: 14.4 m³/sTunkkari 2018: 11.1 m³/sTunkkari 2019: 14.9 m³/sTunkkari 2020: 19.6 m³/sTunkkari 2021: 17.3 m³/sTunkkari 2022: 14.8 m³/sTunkkari 2023: 21.4 m³/sTunkkari 2024: 16.2 m³/sTunkkari 2025: 12.8 m³/s

Annual means computed by Hydrionis from the published daily record, drawn only for years with at least 300 days held. They summarise this gauge's own record and say nothing about any other watercourse in this area.

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Underlying data
PeriodTunkkari (m³/s)
198012.0
198124.1
198217.4
198317.2
198413.7
198510.9
198616.0
198719.6
198811.9
198915.4
199010.4
199114.6
199218.7
199312.0
199411.6
199513.5
19968.79
199714.1
199818.0
199911.3
200016.4
200113.6
20029.85
200310.2
200416.2
200511.8
200612.3
200713.3
200819.4
20099.01
201014.0
201118.4
201223.1
201315.8
201412.7
201520.8
201614.4
201714.4
201811.1
201914.9
202019.6
202117.3
202214.8
202321.4
202416.2
202512.8

Every gauge Hydrionis holds within this area

Gauges within the Perhonjoki and what each holds
GaugeMeasuresValuesRecord
Tunkkarimean river flow17,0751980–2026
Kaitfors, kokonaisvirtaamamean river flow15,8891983–2026
Kaitfors, ohijuoksutusmean river flow15,8811983–2026
Venetjärvimean river flow12,1501980–2026
Patanan tekoallasmean river flow8,8802000–2026
Lahnakoskimean river flow8,7452002–2026
Vissavesimean river flow8,4491980–2026
Yrttikosken säänn. Patomean river flow6,5361996–2026
Perhomean river flow6,2091951–1967
Pelon siltamean river flow5,4791968–1982
Yrttikoski ohivirtausmean river flow2,9252018–2026
Kaitfors, konevirtaamamean river flow2,9202018–2026
Kaitfors kalatie lisävesitysputkimean river flow1,2762023–2026

How these gauges were attached to this water

Assigned by the publisher to a numbered basin Every gauge here is assigned to this drainage area by its own publisher, which issues the area an official code — 49. A drainage area is not a river: it contains the tributaries as well as the main channel, and a gauge in it may be on any of them.

What each gauge’s link to this water rests on
GaugeEvidenceEstablished
TunkkariStated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.With the observations
Kaitfors, kokonaisvirtaamaStated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.With the observations
Kaitfors, ohijuoksutusStated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.With the observations
VenetjärviStated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.With the observations
Patanan tekoallasStated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.With the observations
LahnakoskiStated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.With the observations
VissavesiStated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.With the observations
Yrttikosken säänn. PatoStated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.With the observations
PerhoStated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.With the observations
Pelon siltaStated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.With the observations
Yrttikoski ohivirtausStated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.With the observations
Kaitfors, konevirtaamaStated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.With the observations
Kaitfors kalatie lisävesitysputkiStated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.With the observations

What this record holds

Hydrionis decides which waters get a page, and which of those are offered to search, from what is actually held rather than from how the page reads. Five signals are counted; this record has 3 of them, which makes it a full profile.

Information-gain signals held for this water body
SignalHeldCounts
Gauges holding a real record13yes, 3 or more
Years spanned76yes, 20 or more
Values held112,414yes, 1000 or more
Distinct measurements1no
Publishers measuring it1no
Official identifiers1recorded, not counted

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Use this data

No bulk download is offered here, which is a licence position rather than a product one: at least one contributing publisher does not permit redistribution. The values can be read on the page, cited, and pointed to at source.

Attribution and citation

Attribution you are required to give

These are conditions of the licences the underlying data is published under. They are obligations to the publishers, not to Hydrionis, and they apply to you directly whether or not you mention Hydrionis at all.

Contains data from the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Suggested citation for Hydrionis

Hydrionis (2026), Perhonjoki gauge records, accessed 2026-10-05, hydrionis.com/waters/finland-perhonjoki/

Cite Hydrionis where you rely on the compilation, the normalisation, the eligibility judgements or a chart. Where you use an unmodified published value, the publisher’s attribution is the one that is required; crediting Hydrionis as well is welcome and is not something Hydrionis can require of you.

Recommended, not required. Hydrionis does not claim rights over unmodified public data it relayed, and doing arithmetic on somebody else’s measurements does not make them Hydrionis’s. Cite the version and the access date: the Perhonjoki gauge records changes as publishers release and as methods are revised, and a citation without both cannot be checked later. Full guidance is on cite and reuse.

Where these figures come from

MeasuredHigh confidence2026-09-30

Source: Syke — Hydrologiarajapinta — Finnish national hydrological archive, 4900300. Licence: Open — attribution required (attribution required).

Method: Daily discharge exactly as the Finnish Environment Institute publishes it. Syke computes the daily value from its own measurement and rating curves; Hydrionis does not recompute it, because a mean derived from whatever sub-daily data happens to be exposed would be a different statistic under the same name. Values Syke flags as possibly erroneous are not stored.

10 of these values (under 1%) are interpolated by Syke rather than measured, and are marked as such in its own archive. Station in the Perhonjoki main drainage basin, Vetelin a sub-basin. Discharge is a property of this gauge and this reach, not of the river as a whole.

Retrieved 1 October 2026.