Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Awoonga
59.3% full
Capacity
776.9 hm³
Volume stored
461 hm³
River
Boyne River
Year completed
1950
Coordinates
24.121°S, 151.270°E
Last updated
2026-10-25
Current fill
59.3%vs 7 days ago
+1.7 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+18.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
123%of normal
59.3% full on 2026-10-25, against an average of 48.3% for October across 4 years of readings (+11.0 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Lake Awoonga 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 −0.35). 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: 2026-10-25.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 24.121°S, 151.270°E · Open in Google Maps
About Lake Awoonga
As of October 25, 2026, Lake Awoonga is filled to 59.3% of its total capacity, holding 461.05 hm³ of water out of a maximum 776.9 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 661.9 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 1.7 percentage points, and it is 18.6 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Awoonga — 746 data points between October 31, 2023 and October 25, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 39.6% (December 19, 2025) to a high of 65.2% (March 17, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around December.
The dam at Lake Awoonga was completed in 1950. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Boyne River Basin basin at 24.121°S, 151.270°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 59.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 461.05 hm³
- Total capacity
- 776.9 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 661.9 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 1.7 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 18.6 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Boyne River
- River basin
- Boyne River Basin
- Year completed
- 1950
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 24.121°S, 151.270°E
- Last updated
- October 25, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 2026 | 59.3% | 461.05 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 58.6% | 454.92 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 57.9% | 449.76 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 57.7% | 448.06 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 57.6% | 447.55 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 57.6% | 447.24 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 57.6% | 447.23 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 57.6% | 447.29 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 57.7% | 447.93 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 57.7% | 448.07 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 57.7% | 448.24 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 57.7% | 448.44 |