Reservoir · New South Wales · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Wetherell
36.7% full
Capacity
193.2 hm³
Volume stored
71 hm³
Coordinates
32.308°S, 142.577°E
Last updated
2026-09-09
Current fill
36.7%vs 7 days ago
-0.9%losing
vs 1 year ago
-37.8%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: 2026-09-09.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Lake Wetherell
As of September 9, 2026, Lake Wetherell is filled to 36.7% of its total capacity, holding roughly 71 hm³ of water out of a maximum 193 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.9 pts), and it is 37.8 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Wetherell — 1095 data points between September 11, 2023 and September 9, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 34.5% (April 17, 2026) to a high of 105.6% (September 23, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 36.7%
- Water stored
- 71 hm³
- Total capacity
- 193 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.9 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 37.8 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 32.308°S, 142.577°E
- Last updated
- September 9, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | 36.7% | 71 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 36.9% | 71 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 37.0% | 71 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 37.1% | 72 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 37.1% | 72 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 37.4% | 72 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 37.4% | 72 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 37.6% | 73 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 37.9% | 73 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 38.2% | 74 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 38.5% | 74 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 38.8% | 75 |