Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

June 2006

Table 3 - June 2006 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin

June 2006 Data   Historical Information
Station Name SWE
(mm)
% of Average Rank (lowest to
highest)
Average
SWE
(mm)
Minimum
SWE
(mm)
Maximum
SWE
(mm)
Years of Data
Bow Summit 14 9 6 160 0 414 25
Cuthead Lake 43 14 4 308 0 770 27
Katherine Lake 373 83 8 449 0 820 25
Highwood Summit 233 64 9 361 89 671 26
Larch Valley 231 64 7 363 20 627 26
Little Elbow 154 54 9 286 48 630 27
Lost Creek 301 65 7 465 94 858 22
Mount Odlum 17 7 5 246 0 747 22
Mud Lake 0 0 14 80 0 386 24
Ptarmigan Hut 55 26 7 209 0 447 25
Sunshine Village 331 71 9 464 107 902 28
Tent Ridge 58 32 9 182 0 513 24
Three Isle 420 78 11 542 222 919 26

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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