Embalse de Valparaíso water level

What this means

Nothing unusual at Embalse de Valparaíso right now: the fill level of 93.5 % full is in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 91.7 %, based on 38 years of readings, so the fill level is 1.8 pts above typical. On the same day last year the reading was 92.3 %, a difference of +1.2 pts.

The level is falling, down 0.6 pts over the past week. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 93.5 % and 94.1 %.

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

Compared with 38 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

91.7 %1.8 pts above the median for this date

Normal for this date

81.5 % – 97.5 %8 years in 10 fall in this range (38 years of records)

Same day last year

92.3 %+1.2 pts

Lowest and highest in 30 days

93.5 % – 94.1 %

Lowest and highest in 12 months

86.4 % – 94.7 %

Capacity

169 hm³93.5 % of capacity