Embalse de Mequinenza water level

What this means

The fill level at Embalse de Mequinenza reads 56.8 % full, about where it usually sits at this time of year.

The median for mid-October is 67.3 %, based on 39 years of readings, so the fill level is 10.5 pts below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 48.1 %, a difference of +8.7 pts.

It is still going down, by 0.7 pts over the past week. The 30-day range is 56.8 % – 59.1 %.

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

67.3 %10.5 pts below the median for this date

Normal for this date

44.8 % – 82.2 %8 years in 10 fall in this range (39 years of records)

Same day last year

48.1 %+8.7 pts

Lowest and highest in 30 days

56.8 % – 59.1 %

Lowest and highest in 12 months

41.4 % – 98.9 %

Capacity

1,373 hm³56.8 % of capacity