Reservoir · New South Wales · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Googong
99.6% full
Capacity
121.1 hm³
Volume stored
121 hm³
River
Queanbeyan River
Year completed
1979
Coordinates
35.441°S, 149.266°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
99.6%vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
+3.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
102%of normal
99.6% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 97.3% for October across 4 years of readings (+2.3 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Googong 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 −0.60). 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. 35.441°S, 149.266°E · Open in Google Maps
About Googong
As of October 26, 2026, Googong is filled to 99.6% of its total capacity, holding 120.54 hm³ of water out of a maximum 121.1 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 119.4 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp), and it is 3.4 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Googong — 1094 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 93.3% (November 9, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (December 4, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around November.
The dam at Googong was completed in 1979. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Queanbeyan River Basin basin at 35.441°S, 149.266°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 99.6% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 120.54 hm³
- Total capacity
- 121.1 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 119.4 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 3.4 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Queanbeyan River
- River basin
- Queanbeyan River Basin
- Year completed
- 1979
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 35.441°S, 149.266°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 99.6% | 120.54 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 99.4% | 120.38 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 99.4% | 120.3 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 99.4% | 120.33 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 99.4% | 120.39 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 99.5% | 120.44 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 99.5% | 120.51 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 99.6% | 120.57 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 99.6% | 120.63 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 99.7% | 120.69 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 99.7% | 120.75 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 99.8% | 120.82 |