Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Bedford Weir
76.8% full
Capacity
23 hm³
Volume stored
18 hm³
River
Mackenzie River
Year completed
1968
Coordinates
23.380°S, 148.826°E
Last updated
2026-10-13
Current fill
76.8%vs 7 days ago
-0.5%losing
vs 1 year ago
+0.6%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
101%of normal
76.8% full on 2026-10-13, against an average of 76.3% for October across 4 years of readings (+0.5 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Severely dry
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Bedford Weir had far less rain than normal, a shortfall seen about one year in fifteen. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.82). 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: 2026-10-13.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. -23.380, 148.826 · Open in Google Maps
About Bedford Weir
As of October 13, 2026, Bedford Weir is filled to 76.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 18 hm³ of water out of a maximum 23 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 21 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.5 pts), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Bedford Weir — 1092 data points between October 15, 2023 and October 13, 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
- 76.8%
- Water stored
- 18 hm³
- Total capacity
- 23 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 21 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.5 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 0.6 pts
- 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 13, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | 76.8% | 18 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 77.0% | 18 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 77.2% | 18 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 77.3% | 18 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 77.2% | 18 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 77.4% | 18 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 77.4% | 18 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 77.3% | 18 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 77.5% | 18 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 77.7% | 18 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 77.8% | 18 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 77.9% | 18 |