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<script src="https://www.waterdashboard.co.za/widget.js" data-variant="level" async></script>The dams started 2004 at 66% full and ended it at 47%. They were lowest at 33% on 7 June 2004 and highest at 66% on 1 January 2004.
The 5th lowest yearly low of the 27 years since 2000.
Winter rain was 84% 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 | 62% |
| February | 52% |
| March | 45% |
| April | 38% |
| May | 35% |
| June | 34% |
| July | 38% |
| August | 51% |
| September | 57% |
| October | 59% |
| November | 58% |
| December | 51% |
Combined storage of the six big dams, by date. Normal is the middle half of the years before it.
| Date | 2004 | 2003 | Normal range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | 66% | 85% | - |
| 15 Jan | 62% | 81% | - |
| 1 Feb | 57% | 75% | - |
| 15 Feb | 53% | 72% | - |
| 1 Mar | 52% | 68% | - |
| 15 Mar | 44% | 64% | - |
| 1 Apr | 40% | 61% | - |
| 15 Apr | 38% | 60% | - |
| 1 May | 37% | 58% | - |
| 15 May | 35% | 57% | - |
| 1 Jun | 33% | 57% | - |
| 15 Jun | 34% | 56% | - |
| 1 Jul | 36% | 55% | - |
| 15 Jul | 37% | 54% | - |
| 1 Aug | 40% | 54% | - |
| 15 Aug | 52% | 57% | - |
| 1 Sep | 57% | 70% | - |
| 15 Sep | 57% | 75% | - |
| 1 Oct | 57% | 78% | - |
| 15 Oct | 59% | 79% | - |
| 1 Nov | 60% | 80% | - |
| 15 Nov | 58% | 78% | - |
| 1 Dec | 55% | 73% | - |
| 15 Dec | 51% | 69% | - |
Source: City of Cape Town. History from City open data (2000 to January 2026).