Reservoir · Tasmania · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Burbury
39.5% full
Capacity
1,081.4 hm³
Volume stored
427 hm³
Coordinates
42.120°S, 145.658°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
39.5%vs 7 days ago
-0.7 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-8.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
88%of normal
39.5% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 45.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-5.5 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Lake Burbury had well below normal rain, a shortfall seen about one year in six. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.05). 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. 42.120°S, 145.658°E · Open in Google Maps
About Lake Burbury
As of October 26, 2026, Lake Burbury is filled to 39.5% of its total capacity, holding 426.86 hm³ of water out of a maximum 1,081 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.7 pp), and it is 8.6 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Burbury — 1094 data points between October 29, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 17.3% (June 15, 2025) to a high of 51.7% (September 18, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It is at 42.120°S, 145.658°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 39.5% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 426.86 hm³
- Total capacity
- 1,081 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.7 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 8.6 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 42.120°S, 145.658°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 39.5% | 426.86 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 39.4% | 425.63 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 39.6% | 427.83 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 40.0% | 432.09 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 40.3% | 436.06 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 40.3% | 435.82 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 40.3% | 435.41 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 40.2% | 434.87 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 40.1% | 434.08 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 40.1% | 433.29 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 40.0% | 432.22 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 39.8% | 430.85 |