Reservoir · New South Wales and Victoria · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Hume
87.6% full
Capacity
3,038.2 hm³
Volume stored
2662 hm³
Coordinates
36.217°S, 147.130°E
Last updated
2026-10-08
Current fill
87.6%vs 7 days ago
+2.2%gaining
vs 1 year ago
+32.9%year-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
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: 2026-10-08.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Hume
As of October 8, 2026, Hume is filled to 87.6% of its total capacity, holding roughly 2,662 hm³ of water out of a maximum 3,038 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 3,036 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 2.2 percentage points, and it is 32.9 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Hume — 1096 data points between October 9, 2023 and October 8, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 21.0% (May 5, 2026) to a high of 95.9% (October 15, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around May.
It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 87.6%
- Water stored
- 2,662 hm³
- Total capacity
- 3,038 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 3,036 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 2.2 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 32.9 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 36.217°S, 147.130°E
- Last updated
- October 8, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Oct 2026 | 87.6% | 2,662 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 87.6% | 2,661 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 87.4% | 2,657 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 87.2% | 2,649 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 86.9% | 2,639 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 86.4% | 2,625 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 85.7% | 2,605 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 85.4% | 2,594 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 85.4% | 2,594 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 85.4% | 2,595 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 85.5% | 2,598 |
| 27 Sep 2026 | 85.7% | 2,603 |