Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

April 2005

Table 4 - April 2005 Snow course measurements in the Red Deer, North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River Basins
April 2005 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 191 126 20 152 58 224 23
Gable Mountain 188 101 15 187 104 330 24
McConnell Creek 203 113 18 180 89 338 25
Skoki Mountain 351 98 14 358 203 554 27
North Saskatchewan River Basin          
Brown Creek 61 95 13 64 10 147 29
Nigel Creek 379 90 17 421 198 700 37
Nordegg 51 79 12 64 0 119 32
Athabasca River Basin          
Hinton 163 191 31 85 0 163 31
Marmot-Jasper 251 107 23 235 102 422 36
Sunwapta Falls 203 104 24 194 89 333 37

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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