Reservoir · Tasmania · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Pedder
2.6% full
Capacity
2,937.9 hm³
Volume stored
76 hm³
Coordinates
42.954°S, 146.173°E
Last updated
2026-10-25
Current fill
2.6%vs 7 days ago
-0.8 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-7.1 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
36%of normal
2.6% full on 2026-10-25, against an average of 7.3% for October across 4 years of readings (-4.7 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Lake Pedder 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 −0.99). 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. 42.954°S, 146.173°E · Open in Google Maps
About Lake Pedder
As of October 25, 2026, Lake Pedder is filled to 2.6% of its total capacity, holding 76.47 hm³ of water out of a maximum 2,938 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low. Of that total, 2,924 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.8 pp), and it is 7.1 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Pedder — 1094 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 25, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.4% (June 24, 2025) to a high of 10.7% (September 24, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It is at 42.954°S, 146.173°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 2.6% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 76.47 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2,938 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 2,924 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.8 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 7.1 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 42.954°S, 146.173°E
- Last updated
- October 25, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 2026 | 2.6% | 76.47 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 2.6% | 77.78 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 2.7% | 78.4 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 2.9% | 83.76 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 3.0% | 87.8 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 3.1% | 91.14 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 3.2% | 94.83 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 3.4% | 99.15 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 3.5% | 102.83 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 3.6% | 106.64 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 3.7% | 109.66 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 3.8% | 110.69 |