Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

April 2006

Table 4 - April 2006 Snow course measurements in the Red Deer, North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River Basins
April 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
Red Deer River Basin          
Limestone 113 75 4 150 58 224 24
Gable Mountain 120 65 2 184 104 330 25
McConnell Creek 101 57 2 177 89 338 26
Skoki Mountain 294 83 6 356 203 554 28
North Saskatchewan River Basin          
Brown Creek 18 29 6 63 10 147 30
Nigel Creek 300 72 6 418 198 700 38
Nordegg 10 16 4 63 0 119 33
Athabasca River Basin          
Hinton 78 92 17 85 0 163 32
Marmot-Jasper 134 58 2 232 102 422 37
Sunwapta Falls 119 62 4 192 89 333 38

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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