Reservoir · New South Wales · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Menindee
3.4% full
Capacity
629.5 hm³
Volume stored
21 hm³
Coordinates
32.342°S, 142.328°E
Last updated
2026-10-25
Current fill
3.4%vs 7 days ago
-0.2 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-68.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
10%of normal
3.4% full on 2026-10-25, against an average of 34.3% for October across 4 years of readings (-30.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Lake Menindee 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 +0.25). 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. 32.342°S, 142.328°E · Open in Google Maps
About Lake Menindee
As of October 25, 2026, Lake Menindee is filled to 3.4% of its total capacity, holding 21.17 hm³ of water out of a maximum 629.5 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low. Of that total, 568.6 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.2 pp), and it is 68.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Menindee — 1094 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 25, 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 November and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It is at 32.342°S, 142.328°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 3.4% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 21.17 hm³
- Total capacity
- 629.5 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 568.6 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 68.2 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 32.342°S, 142.328°E
- Last updated
- October 25, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 2026 | 3.4% | 21.17 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 3.4% | 21.62 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 3.5% | 21.79 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 3.5% | 22.25 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 3.6% | 22.37 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 3.6% | 22.41 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 3.6% | 22.88 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 3.6% | 22.47 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 2.6% | 16.28 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 1.6% | 10.27 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 3.3% | 20.53 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 3.8% | 23.66 |