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<script src="https://www.waterdashboard.co.za/widget.js" data-variant="level" async></script>The dams started 2015 at 84% full and ended it at 56%. They were lowest at 48% on 1 June 2015 and highest at 84% on 1 January 2015.
The 11th lowest yearly low of the 27 years since 2000.
Winter rain was 62% 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 | 80% |
| February | 71% |
| March | 63% |
| April | 56% |
| May | 50% |
| June | 51% |
| July | 57% |
| August | 71% |
| September | 74% |
| October | 73% |
| November | 68% |
| December | 60% |
Combined storage of the six big dams, by date. Normal is the middle half of the years before it.
| Date | 2015 | 2014 | Normal range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | 84% | 93% | 71% to 92% |
| 15 Jan | 80% | 93% | 67% to 89% |
| 1 Feb | 75% | 89% | 62% to 85% |
| 15 Feb | 72% | 85% | 57% to 81% |
| 1 Mar | 67% | 81% | 53% to 77% |
| 15 Mar | 63% | 77% | 50% to 74% |
| 1 Apr | 59% | 75% | 45% to 71% |
| 15 Apr | 56% | 74% | 42% to 68% |
| 1 May | 52% | 72% | 41% to 65% |
| 15 May | 50% | 72% | 42% to 64% |
| 1 Jun | 48% | 74% | 51% to 68% |
| 15 Jun | 50% | 88% | 56% to 76% |
| 1 Jul | 54% | 96% | 55% to 85% |
| 15 Jul | 54% | 98% | 63% to 87% |
| 1 Aug | 67% | 102% | 70% to 96% |
| 15 Aug | 71% | 102% | 79% to 101% |
| 1 Sep | 73% | 103% | 84% to 101% |
| 15 Sep | 74% | 101% | 87% to 102% |
| 1 Oct | 74% | 101% | 88% to 101% |
| 15 Oct | 74% | 99% | 88% to 100% |
| 1 Nov | 71% | 97% | 87% to 100% |
| 15 Nov | 68% | 95% | 86% to 99% |
| 1 Dec | 64% | 92% | 84% to 99% |
| 15 Dec | 60% | 89% | 81% to 96% |
Source: City of Cape Town. History from City open data (2000 to January 2026).