Bureau of Meteorology
Australian Water Information / National Water Account
Bureau of Meteorology is the national meteorological or hydrological service for Australia. It publishes the Australian Water Outlook and the National Water Account, covering rainfall, evapotranspiration, soil moisture, runoff, storage and water use for defined water regions, plus urban water utility reporting.
Rights
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Commercial reuse
- Yes
- Redistribution
- Yes
- Derivative use
- Yes
- Attribution required
- YesData from Bureau of Meteorology, used under CC BY 4.0.
- Terms last checked
- 23 August 2026
Access and coverage
- Publisher
- Bureau of Meteorology
- Website
- http://www.bom.gov.au/water/
- Geographic coverage
- Australia
- Temporal coverage
- 1900 onwards
- Update frequency
- daily
- Formats
- csv, json, api, geojson
- Bulk download
- Available
- Registration required
- No
- Cost to Hydrionis
- Free
- Domains
- precipitation, evaporation, reservoir, withdrawal, drought
Notes
Australia’s National Water Account is one of the most rigorous national water accounting frameworks in existence, publishing a genuine water balance per region rather than only withdrawal totals.