Embalse de Tranquera, La water level

What this means

The fill level at Embalse de Tranquera, La reads 50.0 % full, about where it usually sits at this time of year.

The median for mid-October is 40.5 %, based on 39 years of readings, so the fill level is 9.5 pts above typical. On the same day last year the reading was 72.0 %, a difference of −22.0 pts.

It is on the way up, by 1.2 pts over the past week. The 30-day range is 46.3 % – 50.0 %.

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

40.5 %9.5 pts above the median for this date

Normal for this date

17.1 % – 72.0 %8 years in 10 fall in this range (39 years of records)

Same day last year

72.0 %−22.0 pts

Lowest and highest in 30 days

46.3 % – 50.0 %

Lowest and highest in 12 months

45.1 % – 93.9 %

Capacity

82.0 hm³50.0 % of capacity