Reservoir · New South Wales · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lostock
98.8% full
Capacity
20.2 hm³
Volume stored
20 hm³
Coordinates
32.333°S, 151.449°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
98.8%vs 7 days ago
+0.1 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-0.7 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
99%of normal
98.8% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 99.4% for October across 4 years of readings (-0.6 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Lostock 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 −0.21). 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. 32.333°S, 151.449°E · Open in Google Maps
About Lostock
As of October 26, 2026, Lostock is filled to 98.8% of its total capacity, holding 19.98 hm³ of water out of a maximum 20.2 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.1 pp), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lostock — 1095 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 88.8% (December 19, 2023) to a high of 121.6% (May 20, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around August and at its lowest around December.
It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It is at 32.333°S, 151.449°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 98.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 19.98 hm³
- Total capacity
- 20.2 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 0.7 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 32.333°S, 151.449°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 98.8% | 19.98 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 98.7% | 19.96 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 98.7% | 19.96 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 98.7% | 19.96 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 98.7% | 19.96 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 98.7% | 19.96 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 98.7% | 19.96 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 98.7% | 19.96 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 98.6% | 19.94 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 98.5% | 19.92 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 98.4% | 19.89 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 98.0% | 19.83 |