Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

April 2002

Table 3 - April 2002 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin

April 2002 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 River 206 98 34 210 97 437 66
Bow Summit 439 116 20 378 180 584 24
Chateau Lawn 292 106 37 274 131 480 61
Cuthead Lake 521 119 19 439 239 749 23
Highwood Summit 503 127 28 396 180 681 32
Katherine Lake n/a n/a n/a 443 246 663 18
Larch Valley 493 108 14 458 277 632 22
Little Elbow 429 128 20 334 145 597 23
Lost Creek 673 124 15 542 212 825 18
Mirror Lake 368 122 50 302 160 561 63
Mist Creek 328 148 23 222 112 373 24
Mount Odlum 627 134 16 469 221 699 17
Mud Lake 429 128 24 335 147 526 25
Pipestone Upper 249 114 46 219 109 434 66
Ptarmigan Hut 406 101 21 400 224 681 36
Sunshine Village 658 109 25 604 277 996 36
Tent Ridge 419 116 19 361 155 605 22
Three Isle Lake n/a n/a n/a 596 305 874 20

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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