Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Bedford Weir
79.5% full
Capacity
23 hm³
Volume stored
18 hm³
River
Mackenzie River
Year completed
1968
Coordinates
23.380°S, 148.826°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
79.5%vs 7 days ago
+1.1 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+5.1 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
104%of normal
79.5% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 76.3% for October across 4 years of readings (+3.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Bedford Weir had rain close to normal for the season. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −0.12). Rain, not storage. Australia drought figures →
Data source: Bureau of Meteorology — Water Data Online (KiWIS) — daily mean storage volume, quality-controlled. Capacity from the BOM Water Storages ArcGIS layer (total design capacity in ML). Last reading: 2026-10-26.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 23.380°S, 148.826°E · Open in Google Maps
About Bedford Weir
As of October 26, 2026, Bedford Weir is filled to 79.5% of its total capacity, holding 18.27 hm³ of water out of a maximum 23 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 20.7 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 1.1 percentage points, and it is 5.1 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Bedford Weir — 1092 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 71.8% (November 15, 2024) to a high of 137.4% (March 11, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around January and at its lowest around November.
The dam at Bedford Weir was completed in 1968. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Mackenzie River Basin basin at 23.380°S, 148.826°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 79.5% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 18.27 hm³
- Total capacity
- 23 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 20.7 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 1.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 5.1 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Mackenzie River
- River basin
- Mackenzie River Basin
- Year completed
- 1968
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 23.380°S, 148.826°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 79.5% | 18.27 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 80.8% | 18.57 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 79.1% | 18.17 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 78.9% | 18.14 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 78.9% | 18.13 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 78.8% | 18.12 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 78.6% | 18.06 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 78.4% | 18.03 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 78.2% | 17.97 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 77.1% | 17.71 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 76.6% | 17.61 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 76.6% | 17.61 |