Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

April 2007

Table 4 - April 2007 Snow course measurements in the Red Deer, North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River Basins

April 2007 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 160 106 16 151 58 224 25
Gable Mountain 180 98 12 184 104 330 26
McConnell Creek 189 106 16 178 89 338 27
Skoki Mountain 493 137 28 360 203 554 29
North Saskatchewan River Basin          
Brown Creek 51 82 12 62 10 147 31
Nigel Creek 556 132 32 421 198 700 39
Nordegg 31 50 7 62 0 119 34
Athabasca River Basin          
Hinton 167 191 33 87 0 167 33
Marmot-Jasper 313 134 33 234 102 422 38
Sunwapta Falls 234 121 30 193 89 333 39

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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