Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

February 2003

Table 4 - February 2003 Snow course measurements in the Red Deer, North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River Basins
February 2003 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 107 123 16 87 33 150 21
Skoki Mountain 137 n/a n/a n/a 137 266 2
North Saskatchewan River Basin          
Nigel Creek 173 61 4 285 94 528 32
Athabasca River Basin          
Marmot-Jasper 71 50 1 142 71 191 6
Sunwapta Falls 109 79 10 138 48 254 32

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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