Reservoir · New South Wales · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Windamere
80.0% full
Capacity
368.1 hm³
Volume stored
294 hm³
Coordinates
32.777°S, 149.813°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
80.0%vs 7 days ago
-0.1 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-11.1 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
89%of normal
80.0% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 89.5% for October across 4 years of readings (-9.5 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Windamere 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 −0.90). 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. 32.777°S, 149.813°E · Open in Google Maps
About Windamere
As of October 26, 2026, Windamere is filled to 80.0% of its total capacity, holding 294.35 hm³ of water out of a maximum 368.1 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 367 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.1 pp), and it is 11.1 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Windamere — 1095 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 80.0% (October 22, 2026) to a high of 95.2% (September 13, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around May.
It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It is at 32.777°S, 149.813°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 80.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 294.35 hm³
- Total capacity
- 368.1 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 367 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 11.1 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 32.777°S, 149.813°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 80.0% | 294.35 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 80.0% | 294.36 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 80.0% | 294.43 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 80.0% | 294.53 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 80.0% | 294.58 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 80.1% | 294.68 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 80.1% | 294.8 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 80.1% | 294.91 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 80.2% | 295.05 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 80.2% | 295.2 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 80.2% | 295.36 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 80.3% | 295.55 |