Reservoir · New South Wales · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Menindee
4.1% full
Capacity
629.5 hm³
Volume stored
26 hm³
Coordinates
32.342°S, 142.328°E
Last updated
2026-10-06
Current fill
4.1%vs 7 days ago
-0.5%losing
vs 1 year ago
-72.7%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
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: 2026-10-06.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Lake Menindee
As of October 6, 2026, Lake Menindee is filled to 4.1% of its total capacity, holding roughly 26 hm³ of water out of a maximum 630 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low. Of that total, about 569 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.5 pts), and it is 72.7 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Menindee — 1091 data points between October 9, 2023 and October 6, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.0% (January 18, 2026) to a high of 80.6% (September 23, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 4.1%
- Water stored
- 26 hm³
- Total capacity
- 630 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 569 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.5 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 72.7 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 32.342°S, 142.328°E
- Last updated
- October 6, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | 4.1% | 26 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 4.1% | 26 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 4.2% | 26 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 4.3% | 27 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 4.4% | 28 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 4.4% | 28 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 4.5% | 28 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 4.6% | 29 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 4.6% | 29 |
| 27 Sep 2026 | 4.7% | 30 |
| 26 Sep 2026 | 4.7% | 30 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | 4.7% | 30 |