The monitoring network within this area

Hydrionis holds 362,500 values from 24 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.

24

Gauges

362,500

Values held

1911–2026

Record spans

33,930 km²

Area

Gauges within the Torneälven drainage basin

24 monitoring points, positioned as the publisher records them.

How low, how high and how variable this gauge runs

A hydrograph says what happened; these say how often. Read off KUKKOLANKOSKI ÖVRE's whole daily record between 1911 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.

67.000 m³/s

Q95 low flow

224.000 m³/s

Q50 median flow

961.000 m³/s

Q10 high flow

Largest day of each water year at KUKKOLANKOSKI ÖVRE

The highest daily mean discharge in each October-to-September water year, 1911–2024.

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
Period	KUKKOLANKOSKI ÖVRE (m³/s)
1911	2,635
1912	1,972
1913	1,450
1914	1,836
1915	1,795
1916	3,185
1917	1,476
1918	2,041
1919	3,071
1920	1,945
1921	2,219
1922	2,302
1923	2,192
1924	2,027
1925	1,918
1926	2,635
1927	1,891
1928	2,274
1929	2,440
1930	1,863
1931	2,137
1932	1,701
1933	3,057
1934	3,100
1935	3,029
1936	1,502
1937	2,137
1938	1,741
1939	2,055
1940	1,904
1941	1,809
1942	2,109
1943	1,945
1944	2,205
1945	1,437
1946	1,476
1947	2,705
1948	1,931
1949	1,489
1950	1,237
1951	2,274
1952	2,747
1953	1,188
1954	2,649
1955	2,219
1956	2,247
1957	2,164
1958	2,705
1959	1,463
1960	1,424
1961	1,741
1962	2,096
1963	2,164
1964	2,219
1965	2,454
1966	2,579
1967	3,667
1968	1,630
1969	1,966
1970	1,760
1971	2,306
1972	2,956
1973	1,848
1974	2,274
1975	1,996
1976	2,322
1977	2,502
1978	2,701
1979	2,106
1980	2,370
1981	2,274
1982	1,644
1983	2,904
1984	1,560
1985	2,635
1986	2,026
1987	1,780
1988	2,370
1989	1,644
1990	1,644
1991	2,118
1992	2,274
1993	1,951
1994	3,179
1995	1,980
1996	2,310
1997	2,590
1998	2,260
1999	2,800
2000	1,890
2001	2,500
2002	1,533
2003	2,133
2004	2,990
2005	2,056
2006	2,938
2007	2,056
2008	1,818
2009	2,668
2010	1,478
2011	2,870
2012	2,668
2013	2,056
2014	2,601
2015	2,618
2016	2,195
2017	3,024
2018	1,862
2019	2,836
2020	2,973
2021	2,452
2022	3,617
2023	3,110
2024	1,519

The longest record here

Mean river flow at KUKKOLANKOSKI ÖVRE

Annual means of the daily record, 1911–2025. One gauge, not this drainage area.

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
Period	KUKKOLANKOSKI ÖVRE (m³/s)
1911	394
1912	352
1913	290
1914	290
1915	306
1916	270
1917	376
1918	331
1919	346
1920	418
1921	443
1922	390
1923	468
1924	400
1925	371
1926	345
1927	377
1928	350
1929	355
1930	332
1931	378
1932	539
1933	299
1934	401
1935	492
1936	424
1937	300
1938	374
1939	271
1940	356
1941	230
1942	314
1943	428
1944	330
1945	347
1946	328
1947	258
1948	383
1949	393
1950	318
1951	372
1952	480
1953	459
1954	389
1955	384
1956	311
1957	423
1958	402
1959	338
1960	278
1961	412
1962	343
1963	332
1964	415
1965	488
1966	357
1967	540
1968	352
1969	294
1970	279
1971	278
1972	328
1973	427
1974	486
1975	389
1976	263
1977	462
1978	342
1979	392
1980	306
1981	471
1982	408
1983	415
1984	441
1985	433
1986	375
1987	425
1988	336
1989	463
1990	355
1991	430
1992	504
1993	499
1994	321
1995	433
1996	363
1997	356
1998	493
1999	482
2000	563
2001	420
2002	329
2003	274
2004	485
2005	485
2006	353
2007	481
2008	467
2009	333
2010	366
2011	474
2012	531
2013	399
2014	400
2015	527
2016	592
2017	475
2018	363
2019	408
2020	553
2021	467
2022	504
2023	443
2024	449
2025	445

Every gauge Hydrionis holds within this area

Gauges within the Torneälven and what each holds
Gauge	Measures	Values	Record
KUKKOLANKOSKI ÖVRE	mean river flow	42,228	1911–2026
KALLIO	mean river flow	28,490	1911–1988
LANNAVAARA	mean river flow	26,773	1923–2026
MERTAJÄRVI	mean river flow	24,495	1959–2026
NEDRE ABISKOJOKK	mean river flow	24,472	1918–1984
JUNOSUANDO	mean river flow	21,597	1967–2026
PAJALA PUMPHUS	mean river flow	20,843	1969–2026
KILPISJÄRVI	mean river flow	20,205	1952–2007
KARESUVANTO	mean river flow	19,990	1972–2026
JUKKASJÄRVI	mean river flow	19,358	1915–1967
ABISKO	mean river flow	15,385	1984–2026
ALTTAJÄRVI	mean river flow	15,325	1984–2026
ÖVRE ABISKOJOKK	mean river flow	15,141	1985–2026
KALLIO 2	mean river flow	14,370	1987–2026
PAHTAJAURE	mean river flow	13,302	1933–1969
PAJALA	mean river flow	10,841	1940–1969
KARESUANDO	mean river flow	5,659	1924–1939
BERGFORS	mean river flow	5,479	1918–1932
KÅRSOBRON	mean river flow	5,389	1918–1932
VASSIJAURE	mean river flow	4,434	1931–1943
JUNOSUANDO OV BIFURK	mean river flow	2,826	1967–1975
NAIMAKKAJÄRVI	mean river flow	2,040	1958–1963
KANGOS	mean river flow	2,031	1958–1963
KENGIS	mean river flow	1,827	1920–1924

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 — 1000. 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
Gauge	Evidence	Established
KUKKOLANKOSKI ÖVRE	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
KALLIO	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
LANNAVAARA	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
MERTAJÄRVI	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
NEDRE ABISKOJOKK	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
JUNOSUANDO	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
PAJALA PUMPHUS	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
KILPISJÄRVI	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
KARESUVANTO	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
JUKKASJÄRVI	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
ABISKO	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
ALTTAJÄRVI	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
ÖVRE ABISKOJOKK	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
KALLIO 2	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
PAHTAJAURE	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
PAJALA	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
KARESUANDO	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
BERGFORS	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
KÅRSOBRON	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
VASSIJAURE	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
JUNOSUANDO OV BIFURK	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
NAIMAKKAJÄRVI	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
KANGOS	Stated by the publisher on the record this gauge’s observations came from.	With the observations
KENGIS	Stated 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
Signal	Held	Counts
Gauges holding a real record	24	yes, 3 or more
Years spanned	116	yes, 20 or more
Values held	362,500	yes, 1000 or more
Distinct measurements	1	no
Publishers measuring it	1	no
Official identifiers	2	recorded, not counted

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Data from Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut, used under CC BY 4.0.

Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut — CC BY 4.0 (licence text)

Suggested citation for Hydrionis

Hydrionis (2026), Torneälven gauge records, accessed 2026-10-05, hydrionis.com/waters/sweden-tornealven/

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Where these figures come from

MeasuredMedium confidence2026-09-30

Source: SMHI — Swedish hydrological observations, 16722. Licence: Open — attribution required (attribution required).

Method: Daily discharge exactly as SMHI publishes it, from its corrected archive. SMHI computes the daily value from its own sub-daily 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.

Checked and approved by SMHI except 2025-07-02 to 2026-09-30 (not yet checked). Station in the TORNEÄLVEN main drainage basin, 33,930 km². Discharge is a property of this gauge and this reach, not of the river as a whole.

Retrieved 1 October 2026.