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<script src="https://www.waterdashboard.co.za/widget.js" data-variant="level" async></script>The dams started 2005 at 47% full and ended it at 72%. They were lowest at 26% on 10 April 2005 and highest at 86% on 13 October 2005.
The 3rd lowest yearly low of the 27 years since 2000.
Winter rain was 97% 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 | 43% |
| February | 37% |
| March | 31% |
| April | 28% |
| May | 30% |
| June | 46% |
| July | 56% |
| August | 70% |
| September | 83% |
| October | 86% |
| November | 83% |
| December | 76% |
Combined storage of the six big dams, by date. Normal is the middle half of the years before it.
| Date | 2005 | 2004 | Normal range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | 47% | 66% | - |
| 15 Jan | 43% | 62% | - |
| 1 Feb | 40% | 57% | - |
| 15 Feb | 37% | 53% | - |
| 1 Mar | 34% | 52% | - |
| 15 Mar | 31% | 44% | - |
| 1 Apr | 27% | 40% | - |
| 15 Apr | 28% | 38% | - |
| 1 May | 29% | 37% | - |
| 15 May | 30% | 35% | - |
| 1 Jun | 34% | 33% | - |
| 15 Jun | 47% | 34% | - |
| 1 Jul | 53% | 36% | - |
| 15 Jul | 54% | 37% | - |
| 1 Aug | 63% | 40% | - |
| 15 Aug | 68% | 52% | - |
| 1 Sep | 81% | 57% | - |
| 15 Sep | 84% | 57% | - |
| 1 Oct | 85% | 57% | - |
| 15 Oct | 86% | 59% | - |
| 1 Nov | 85% | 60% | - |
| 15 Nov | 84% | 58% | - |
| 1 Dec | 81% | 55% | - |
| 15 Dec | 77% | 51% | - |
Source: City of Cape Town. History from City open data (2000 to January 2026).