Reservoir · Victoria · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Narracan
71.2% full
Capacity
7.2 hm³
Volume stored
5 hm³
River
Latrobe River
Year completed
1961
Coordinates
38.158°S, 146.311°E
Last updated
2026-10-06
Current fill
71.2%vs 7 days ago
-6.9%losing
vs 1 year ago
-10.8%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
93%of normal
71.2% full on 2026-10-06, against an average of 76.2% for October across 4 years of readings (-5.0 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Lake Narracan 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 −1.02). 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: 2026-10-06.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. -38.158, 146.311 · Open in Google Maps
About Lake Narracan
As of October 6, 2026, Lake Narracan is filled to 71.2% of its total capacity, holding roughly 5 hm³ of water out of a maximum 7 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 6.9 percentage points, and it is 10.8 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Narracan — 1065 data points between October 15, 2023 and October 6, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 28.3% (May 29, 2025) to a high of 88.0% (May 8, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around June.
The dam at Lake Narracan was completed in 1961. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Latrobe River Basin basin at 38.158°S, 146.311°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 71.2%
- Water stored
- 5 hm³
- Total capacity
- 7 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 6.9 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 10.8 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Latrobe River
- River basin
- Latrobe River Basin
- Year completed
- 1961
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 38.158°S, 146.311°E
- Last updated
- October 6, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | 71.2% | 5 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 72.6% | 5 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 72.3% | 5 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 70.4% | 5 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 69.8% | 5 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 72.6% | 5 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 76.6% | 6 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 78.1% | 6 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 78.1% | 6 |
| 27 Sep 2026 | 77.8% | 6 |
| 26 Sep 2026 | 78.5% | 6 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | 79.4% | 6 |