Reservoir · New South Wales · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Blowering
67.2% full
Capacity
1,633.9 hm³
Volume stored
1097 hm³
Coordinates
35.478°S, 148.261°E
Last updated
2026-10-12
Current fill
67.2%vs 7 days ago
+0.9%gaining
vs 1 year ago
+15.4%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
103%of normal
67.2% full on 2026-10-12, against an average of 65.0% for October across 4 years of readings (+2.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Blowering 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 −0.49). 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: 2026-10-12.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. -35.478, 148.261 · Open in Google Maps
About Blowering
As of October 12, 2026, Blowering is filled to 67.2% of its total capacity, holding roughly 1,097 hm³ of water out of a maximum 1,634 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 1,610 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.9 pts), and it is 15.4 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Blowering — 1091 data points between October 15, 2023 and October 12, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 20.0% (March 26, 2026) to a high of 85.8% (August 22, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 67.2%
- Water stored
- 1,097 hm³
- Total capacity
- 1,634 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 1,610 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.9 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 15.4 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 35.478°S, 148.261°E
- Last updated
- October 12, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 2026 | 67.2% | 1,097 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 67.0% | 1,095 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 67.0% | 1,095 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 67.0% | 1,095 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 66.6% | 1,089 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 66.5% | 1,087 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 66.5% | 1,087 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 66.3% | 1,084 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 66.1% | 1,081 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 65.9% | 1,076 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 65.7% | 1,074 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 65.8% | 1,075 |