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<script src="https://www.waterdashboard.co.za/widget.js" data-variant="level" async></script>The dams started 2000 at 83% full and ended it at 71%. They were lowest at 47% on 26 May 2000 and highest at 87% on 8 October 2000.
The 10th lowest yearly low of the 27 years since 2000.
Winter rain was 68% of average, and it was a La Niña winter.
Winter rain is April to September in central Cape Town (Open-Meteo), against the average winter since 2000.
The average combined level in each month.
| Month | Average level |
|---|---|
| January | 71% |
| February | 69% |
| March | 61% |
| April | 54% |
| May | 48% |
| June | 52% |
| July | 57% |
| August | 69% |
| September | 81% |
| October | 86% |
| November | 81% |
| December | 74% |
Combined storage of the six big dams, by date. Normal is the middle half of the years before it.
| Date | 2000 | 1999 | Normal range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | 83% | - | - |
| 15 Jan | 78% | - | - |
| 1 Feb | 73% | - | - |
| 15 Feb | 70% | - | - |
| 1 Mar | 64% | - | - |
| 15 Mar | 61% | - | - |
| 1 Apr | 58% | - | - |
| 15 Apr | 55% | - | - |
| 1 May | 51% | - | - |
| 15 May | 48% | - | - |
| 1 Jun | 47% | - | - |
| 15 Jun | 53% | - | - |
| 1 Jul | 54% | - | - |
| 15 Jul | 54% | - | - |
| 1 Aug | 64% | - | - |
| 15 Aug | 70% | - | - |
| 1 Sep | 71% | - | - |
| 15 Sep | 80% | - | - |
| 1 Oct | 86% | - | - |
| 15 Oct | 86% | - | - |
| 1 Nov | 84% | - | - |
| 15 Nov | 81% | - | - |
| 1 Dec | 78% | - | - |
| 15 Dec | 74% | - | - |
Source: City of Cape Town. History from City open data (2000 to January 2026).