Reservoir · Tasmania · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Newton
2.9% full
Capacity
6.3 hm³
Volume stored
0 hm³
River
Newton Creek
Year completed
1990
Coordinates
41.915°S, 145.561°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
2.9%vs 7 days ago
+2.2 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-29.8 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
21%of normal
2.9% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 13.7% for October across 4 years of readings (-10.8 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Lake Newton 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: 2026-10-26.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 41.915°S, 145.561°E · Open in Google Maps
About Lake Newton
As of October 26, 2026, Lake Newton is filled to 2.9% of its total capacity, holding 0.19 hm³ of water out of a maximum 6.3 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low. Of that total, 2.5 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 2.2 percentage points, and it is 29.8 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Newton — 1082 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.0% (March 21, 2026) to a high of 36.0% (September 2, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around January.
The dam at Lake Newton was completed in 1990. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Newton Creek Basin basin at 41.915°S, 145.561°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 2.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 0.19 hm³
- Total capacity
- 6.3 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 2.5 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 2.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 29.8 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Newton Creek
- River basin
- Newton Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1990
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 41.915°S, 145.561°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 2.9% | 0.19 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 1.7% | 0.11 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 1.4% | 0.09 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 1.3% | 0.08 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 1.1% | 0.07 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 1.0% | 0.06 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 0.8% | 0.05 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 0.7% | 0.04 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 3.2% | 0.2 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 6.7% | 0.43 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 10.1% | 0.64 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 13.2% | 0.84 |