Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

April 2002

Table 4 - April 2002 Snow course measurements in the Red Deer, North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River Basins
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
Red Deer River Basin          
Gable Mountain 216 115 16 188 104 330 21
Limestone 180 123 17 147 58 221 20
McConnell Creek 241 133 21 182 89 338 22
Skoki Mountain 409 113 17 361 203 554 24
North Saskatchewan River Basin          
Brown Creek 91 138 22 66 10 147 26
Nigel Creek 437 102 19 429 198 700 34
Nordegg 81 118 19 69 0 119 29
Athabasca River Basin          
Hinton 104 124 17 84 0 157 28
Marmot-Jasper 279 117 24 239 102 422 33
Sunwapta Falls 198 101 20 197 89 333 34

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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