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<script src="https://www.waterdashboard.co.za/widget.js" data-variant="level" async></script>The dams started 2016 at 55% full and ended it at 47%. They were lowest at 29% on 10 June 2016 and highest at 63% on 2 October 2016.
The 4th lowest yearly low of the 27 years since 2000.
Winter rain was 77% 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 | 51% |
| February | 43% |
| March | 35% |
| April | 31% |
| May | 31% |
| June | 32% |
| July | 45% |
| August | 57% |
| September | 62% |
| October | 62% |
| November | 57% |
| December | 50% |
Combined storage of the six big dams, by date. Normal is the middle half of the years before it.
| Date | 2016 | 2015 | Normal range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | 55% | 84% | 78% to 92% |
| 15 Jan | 52% | 80% | 74% to 89% |
| 1 Feb | 47% | 75% | 68% to 85% |
| 15 Feb | 43% | 72% | 65% to 81% |
| 1 Mar | 39% | 67% | 60% to 77% |
| 15 Mar | 35% | 63% | 57% to 74% |
| 1 Apr | 32% | 59% | 52% to 71% |
| 15 Apr | 30% | 56% | 51% to 68% |
| 1 May | 32% | 52% | 49% to 65% |
| 15 May | 31% | 50% | 49% to 64% |
| 1 Jun | 30% | 48% | 51% to 68% |
| 15 Jun | 30% | 50% | 56% to 76% |
| 1 Jul | 38% | 54% | 55% to 85% |
| 15 Jul | 43% | 54% | 63% to 87% |
| 1 Aug | 54% | 67% | 70% to 96% |
| 15 Aug | 57% | 71% | 79% to 101% |
| 1 Sep | 60% | 73% | 84% to 101% |
| 15 Sep | 62% | 74% | 87% to 102% |
| 1 Oct | 62% | 74% | 88% to 101% |
| 15 Oct | 62% | 74% | 88% to 100% |
| 1 Nov | 60% | 71% | 87% to 100% |
| 15 Nov | 57% | 68% | 86% to 99% |
| 1 Dec | 54% | 64% | 84% to 99% |
| 15 Dec | 50% | 60% | 81% to 96% |
Source: City of Cape Town. History from City open data (2000 to January 2026).