Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

April 2003

Table 4 - April 2003 Snow course measurements in the Red Deer, North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River Basins
April 2003 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          
Limestone 224 149 21 150 58 224 21
Gable Mountain 198 105 14 188 104 330 22
McConnell Creek 163 90 9 181 89 338 23
Skoki Mountain 310 86 8 359 203 554 25
North Saskatchewan River Basin          
Brown Creek 79 119 18 66 10 147 27
Nigel Creek 272 64 5 425 198 700 35
Nordegg 15 22 3 67 0 119 30
Athabasca River Basin          
Hinton 64 77 11 83 0 157 29
Marmot-Jasper 170 72 7 237 102 422 34
Sunwapta Falls 175 89 14 196 89 333 35

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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