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<script src="https://www.waterdashboard.co.za/widget.js" data-variant="level" async></script>The dams started 2007 at 79% full and ended it at 95%. They were lowest at 48% on 26 April 2007 and highest at 102% on 3 September 2007.
The 12th lowest yearly low of the 27 years since 2000.
Winter rain was 106% 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 | 74% |
| February | 65% |
| March | 57% |
| April | 51% |
| May | 53% |
| June | 67% |
| July | 81% |
| August | 99% |
| September | 101% |
| October | 100% |
| November | 100% |
| December | 97% |
Combined storage of the six big dams, by date. Normal is the middle half of the years before it.
| Date | 2007 | 2006 | Normal range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | 79% | 71% | 66% to 85% |
| 15 Jan | 75% | 67% | 62% to 81% |
| 1 Feb | 69% | 62% | 57% to 75% |
| 15 Feb | 65% | 57% | 53% to 72% |
| 1 Mar | 61% | 53% | 51% to 68% |
| 15 Mar | 58% | 50% | 44% to 64% |
| 1 Apr | 53% | 45% | 40% to 61% |
| 15 Apr | 51% | 42% | 38% to 60% |
| 1 May | 50% | 41% | 37% to 58% |
| 15 May | 49% | 42% | 35% to 57% |
| 1 Jun | 58% | 52% | 34% to 57% |
| 15 Jun | 69% | 57% | 47% to 57% |
| 1 Jul | 77% | 60% | 50% to 60% |
| 15 Jul | 80% | 63% | 54% to 67% |
| 1 Aug | 94% | 70% | 54% to 82% |
| 15 Aug | 101% | 79% | 57% to 84% |
| 1 Sep | 101% | 86% | 70% to 99% |
| 15 Sep | 101% | 87% | 75% to 101% |
| 1 Oct | 100% | 88% | 78% to 100% |
| 15 Oct | 100% | 88% | 79% to 100% |
| 1 Nov | 99% | 87% | 80% to 99% |
| 15 Nov | 99% | 89% | 78% to 97% |
| 1 Dec | 100% | 86% | 73% to 94% |
| 15 Dec | 97% | 83% | 69% to 90% |
Source: City of Cape Town. History from City open data (2000 to January 2026).