Embalse de Finisterre water level

What this means

At 18.0 % full, Embalse de Finisterre is holding more water than usual for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 7.5 %, based on 39 years of readings, so the fill level is 10.5 pts above typical. On the same day last year the reading was 7.5 %, a difference of +10.5 pts.

It has barely moved over the past week. The 30-day range is 18.0 % – 18.0 %.

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

7.5 %10.5 pts above the median for this date

Normal for this date

0.8 % – 27.8 %8 years in 10 fall in this range (39 years of records)

Same day last year

7.5 %+10.5 pts

Lowest and highest in 30 days

18.0 % – 18.0 %

Lowest and highest in 12 months

6.8 % – 24.1 %

Capacity

133 hm³18.0 % of capacity