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<script src="https://www.waterdashboard.co.za/widget.js" data-variant="level" async></script>The dams started 2001 at 71% full and ended it at 90%. They were lowest at 38% on 27 April 2001 and highest at 104% on 10 September 2001.
The 6th lowest yearly low of the 27 years since 2000.
Winter rain was 125% of average, and it was neither an El Niño nor 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 | 64% |
| February | 55% |
| March | 47% |
| April | 40% |
| May | 40% |
| June | 48% |
| July | 68% |
| August | 88% |
| September | 102% |
| October | 101% |
| November | 99% |
| December | 94% |
Combined storage of the six big dams, by date. Normal is the middle half of the years before it.
| Date | 2001 | 2000 | Normal range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | 71% | 83% | - |
| 15 Jan | 64% | 78% | - |
| 1 Feb | 59% | 73% | - |
| 15 Feb | 56% | 70% | - |
| 1 Mar | 51% | 64% | - |
| 15 Mar | 48% | 61% | - |
| 1 Apr | 44% | 58% | - |
| 15 Apr | 41% | 55% | - |
| 1 May | 39% | 51% | - |
| 15 May | 40% | 48% | - |
| 1 Jun | 44% | 47% | - |
| 15 Jun | 48% | 53% | - |
| 1 Jul | 50% | 54% | - |
| 15 Jul | 67% | 54% | - |
| 1 Aug | 82% | 64% | - |
| 15 Aug | 84% | 70% | - |
| 1 Sep | 99% | 71% | - |
| 15 Sep | 103% | 80% | - |
| 1 Oct | 101% | 86% | - |
| 15 Oct | 100% | 86% | - |
| 1 Nov | 100% | 84% | - |
| 15 Nov | 99% | 81% | - |
| 1 Dec | 97% | 78% | - |
| 15 Dec | 95% | 74% | - |
Source: City of Cape Town. History from City open data (2000 to January 2026).