Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

April 2008

Table 2 - April 2008 Snow course measurements in the Oldman River Basin

April 2008 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
Akamina 559 108 18 517 270 823 29
Allison Pass 425 91 18 383 247 823 45
Flattop Mountain pillow 1237 111 27 1119 610 1775 39
Gardiner HW 787 107 15 734 387 1262 22
Lee Creek 132 129 25 103 0 315 37
Many Glacier pillow 414 102 23 341 102 617 32
South Racehorse 418 108 12 401 236 589 15
West Castle 389 102 26 383 70 846 42
Wilkinson Bush 170 81 11 210 100 460 45
Wilkinson Open 138 84 14 163 66 417 44
 

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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