Reservoir · Tasmania · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Paloona
34.0% full
Capacity
19.1 hm³
Volume stored
7 hm³
River
Forth River
Year completed
1973
Coordinates
41.326°S, 146.246°E
Last updated
2026-10-25
Current fill
34.0%vs 7 days ago
-2.0 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-3.8 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
114%of normal
34.0% full on 2026-10-25, against an average of 29.9% for October across 4 years of readings (+4.1 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Lake Paloona 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 −1.26). 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. 41.326°S, 146.246°E · Open in Google Maps
About Lake Paloona
As of October 25, 2026, Lake Paloona is filled to 34.0% of its total capacity, holding 6.5 hm³ of water out of a maximum 19.1 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low. Of that total, 14.4 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 2.0 percentage points, and it is 3.8 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Paloona — 1094 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 25, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 4.0% (March 15, 2024) to a high of 58.8% (September 2, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around January.
The dam at Lake Paloona was completed in 1973. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Forth River Basin basin at 41.326°S, 146.246°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 34.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 6.5 hm³
- Total capacity
- 19.1 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 14.4 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 2.0 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 3.8 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Forth River
- River basin
- Forth River Basin
- Year completed
- 1973
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 41.326°S, 146.246°E
- Last updated
- October 25, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 2026 | 34.0% | 6.5 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 34.9% | 6.68 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 35.9% | 6.87 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 39.0% | 7.44 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 40.5% | 7.73 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 41.6% | 7.95 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 40.4% | 7.72 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 36.0% | 6.87 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 39.0% | 7.45 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 37.3% | 7.13 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 40.2% | 7.68 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 42.2% | 8.07 |