Embalse de Salime water level

What this means

Water is short at Embalse de Salime: the latest reading of 39.9 % full is below normal for mid-October.

That puts it 9.0 pts below the median of 48.9 % for mid-October, based on 39 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 48.3 % (−8.4 pts).

It is still going down, by 1.7 pts over the past week. Water suppliers watch a falling reservoir closely, especially before the wet season starts. The 30-day range is 39.9 % – 47.1 %.

Many reservoirs reach their low point of the year in autumn, before winter rains start the refill.

Compared with 39 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

48.9 %9.0 pts below the median for this date

Normal for this date

35.3 % – 63.9 %8 years in 10 fall in this range (39 years of records)

Same day last year

48.3 %−8.4 pts

Lowest and highest in 30 days

39.9 % – 47.1 %

Lowest and highest in 12 months

37.8 % – 98.3 %

Capacity

238 hm³39.9 % of capacity