Embalse de Certescáns water level

What this means

Embalse de Certescáns is far below normal for mid-October, with the fill level at 43.8 % full.

The median for mid-October is 68.8 %, based on 39 years of readings, so the fill level is 25.0 pts below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 50.0 %, a difference of −6.3 pts.

It has dropped 6.3 pts over the past week. Water suppliers watch a falling reservoir closely, especially before the wet season starts. In the last month it has stayed between 43.8 % and 56.3 %.

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

68.8 %25.0 pts below the median for this date

Normal for this date

50.0 % – 93.8 %8 years in 10 fall in this range (39 years of records)

Same day last year

50.0 %−6.3 pts

Lowest and highest in 30 days

43.8 % – 56.3 %

Lowest and highest in 12 months

43.8 % – 93.8 %

Capacity

16.0 hm³43.8 % of capacity