Water Supply Outlook for Alberta
April 2008
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Table 4 - April 2008 Snow course measurements in the Red Deer, North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River Basins
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| 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 | |
| Red Deer River Basin | ||||||||
| Limestone | 105 | 71 | 3 | 149 | 58 | 224 | 26 | |
| Gable Mountain | 136 | 74 | 5 | 184 | 104 | 330 | 27 | |
| McConnell Creek | 154 | 87 | 9 | 177 | 89 | 338 | 28 | |
| Skoki Mountain | 299 | 83 | 7 | 358 | 203 | 554 | 30 | |
| North Saskatchewan River Basin | ||||||||
| Brown Creek | 75 | 119 | 19 | 63 | 10 | 147 | 32 | |
| Nigel Creek | 366 | 87 | 18 | 420 | 198 | 700 | 40 | |
| Nordegg | 55 | 89 | 17 | 61 | 0 | 119 | 35 | |
| Athabasca River Basin | ||||||||
| Hinton | 129 | 145 | 28 | 89 | 0 | 167 | 34 | |
| Marmot-Jasper | 194 | 83 | 14 | 233 | 102 | 422 | 39 | |
| Sunwapta Falls | 175 | 91 | 17 | 193 | 89 | 333 | 40 | |
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Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm |
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