Reservoir · Victoria · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Narracan
75.6% full
Capacity
7.2 hm³
Volume stored
6 hm³
River
Latrobe River
Year completed
1961
Coordinates
38.158°S, 146.311°E
Last updated
2026-09-08
Current fill
75.6%vs 7 days ago
+1.0%gaining
vs 1 year ago
-2.5%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: 2026-09-08.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Lake Narracan
As of September 8, 2026, Lake Narracan is filled to 75.6% of its total capacity, holding roughly 6 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 held broadly steady (+1.0 pts), and it is 2.5 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Narracan — 1072 data points between September 10, 2023 and September 8, 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
- 75.6%
- Water stored
- 6 hm³
- Total capacity
- 7 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 1.0 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 2.5 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
- September 8, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep 2026 | 75.6% | 5 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 76.9% | 6 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 75.5% | 5 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 74.2% | 5 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 75.0% | 5 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 77.8% | 6 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 76.3% | 6 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 74.6% | 5 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 74.0% | 5 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 73.9% | 5 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 73.8% | 5 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 74.5% | 5 |