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<script src="https://www.waterdashboard.co.za/widget.js" data-variant="level" async></script>The dams started 2019 at 66% full and ended it at 76%. They were lowest at 46% on 18 May 2019 and highest at 85% on 2 November 2019.
The 9th lowest yearly low of the 27 years since 2000.
Winter rain was 103% 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 | 63% |
| February | 57% |
| March | 52% |
| April | 48% |
| May | 46% |
| June | 49% |
| July | 63% |
| August | 80% |
| September | 82% |
| October | 81% |
| November | 84% |
| December | 79% |
Combined storage of the six big dams, by date. Normal is the middle half of the years before it.
| Date | 2019 | 2018 | Normal range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | 66% | 31% | 66% to 90% |
| 15 Jan | 63% | 29% | 62% to 87% |
| 1 Feb | 59% | 26% | 57% to 84% |
| 15 Feb | 57% | 25% | 53% to 80% |
| 1 Mar | 54% | 24% | 51% to 76% |
| 15 Mar | 53% | 23% | 44% to 73% |
| 1 Apr | 50% | 22% | 40% to 69% |
| 15 Apr | 48% | 21% | 38% to 66% |
| 1 May | 47% | 21% | 37% to 63% |
| 15 May | 46% | 21% | 35% to 63% |
| 1 Jun | 46% | 26% | 34% to 65% |
| 15 Jun | 49% | 34% | 47% to 76% |
| 1 Jul | 53% | 45% | 50% to 82% |
| 15 Jul | 62% | 55% | 54% to 87% |
| 1 Aug | 76% | 57% | 57% to 94% |
| 15 Aug | 81% | 59% | 59% to 100% |
| 1 Sep | 82% | 66% | 70% to 101% |
| 15 Sep | 82% | 70% | 74% to 101% |
| 1 Oct | 82% | 76% | 76% to 101% |
| 15 Oct | 81% | 76% | 76% to 100% |
| 1 Nov | 84% | 75% | 75% to 99% |
| 15 Nov | 84% | 73% | 73% to 99% |
| 1 Dec | 82% | 70% | 70% to 97% |
| 15 Dec | 79% | 69% | 69% to 95% |
Source: City of Cape Town. History from City open data (2000 to January 2026).