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<script src="https://www.waterdashboard.co.za/widget.js" data-variant="level" async></script>The dams started 2022 at 95% full and ended it at 70%. They were lowest at 64% on 27 May 2022 and highest at 95% on 1 January 2022.
The 24th lowest yearly low of the 27 years since 2000.
Winter rain was 89% 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 | 91% |
| February | 83% |
| March | 75% |
| April | 69% |
| May | 65% |
| June | 68% |
| July | 75% |
| August | 79% |
| September | 85% |
| October | 83% |
| November | 78% |
| December | 72% |
Combined storage of the six big dams, by date. Normal is the middle half of the years before it.
| Date | 2022 | 2021 | Normal range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | 95% | 92% | 66% to 90% |
| 15 Jan | 91% | 88% | 63% to 87% |
| 1 Feb | 87% | 83% | 59% to 83% |
| 15 Feb | 83% | 80% | 56% to 80% |
| 1 Mar | 79% | 76% | 52% to 76% |
| 15 Mar | 75% | 75% | 48% to 73% |
| 1 Apr | 72% | 72% | 44% to 69% |
| 15 Apr | 69% | 71% | 41% to 66% |
| 1 May | 67% | 68% | 39% to 63% |
| 15 May | 66% | 68% | 40% to 63% |
| 1 Jun | 65% | 76% | 44% to 65% |
| 15 Jun | 68% | 75% | 48% to 75% |
| 1 Jul | 73% | 84% | 53% to 82% |
| 15 Jul | 75% | 95% | 54% to 87% |
| 1 Aug | 76% | 98% | 63% to 94% |
| 15 Aug | 76% | 98% | 68% to 99% |
| 1 Sep | 84% | 102% | 73% to 101% |
| 15 Sep | 86% | 101% | 75% to 101% |
| 1 Oct | 85% | 100% | 78% to 101% |
| 15 Oct | 84% | 99% | 79% to 100% |
| 1 Nov | 81% | 100% | 80% to 99% |
| 15 Nov | 78% | 99% | 78% to 99% |
| 1 Dec | 75% | 98% | 73% to 98% |
| 15 Dec | 73% | 97% | 69% to 95% |
Source: City of Cape Town. History from City open data (2000 to January 2026).