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<script src="https://www.waterdashboard.co.za/widget.js" data-variant="level" async></script>The dams started 2002 at 90% full and ended it at 85%. They were lowest at 67% on 5 May 2002 and highest at 101% on 7 October 2002.
The 25th lowest yearly low of the 27 years since 2000.
Winter rain was 84% of average, and it was an El Niño 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 | 88% |
| February | 83% |
| March | 75% |
| April | 69% |
| May | 68% |
| June | 76% |
| July | 87% |
| August | 100% |
| September | 100% |
| October | 100% |
| November | 97% |
| December | 89% |
Combined storage of the six big dams, by date. Normal is the middle half of the years before it.
| Date | 2002 | 2001 | Normal range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | 90% | 71% | - |
| 15 Jan | 87% | 64% | - |
| 1 Feb | 86% | 59% | - |
| 15 Feb | 83% | 56% | - |
| 1 Mar | 79% | 51% | - |
| 15 Mar | 76% | 48% | - |
| 1 Apr | 72% | 44% | - |
| 15 Apr | 69% | 41% | - |
| 1 May | 68% | 39% | - |
| 15 May | 68% | 40% | - |
| 1 Jun | 72% | 44% | - |
| 15 Jun | 76% | 48% | - |
| 1 Jul | 82% | 50% | - |
| 15 Jul | 87% | 67% | - |
| 1 Aug | 99% | 82% | - |
| 15 Aug | 100% | 84% | - |
| 1 Sep | 100% | 99% | - |
| 15 Sep | 101% | 103% | - |
| 1 Oct | 100% | 101% | - |
| 15 Oct | 100% | 100% | - |
| 1 Nov | 99% | 100% | - |
| 15 Nov | 97% | 99% | - |
| 1 Dec | 94% | 97% | - |
| 15 Dec | 90% | 95% | - |
Source: City of Cape Town. History from City open data (2000 to January 2026).