Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

February 2004

Table 3 - February 2004 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin
February 2004 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
Bow River 124 79 10 157 76 262 38
Bow Summit 231 91 9 253 86 460 24
Chateau Lawn 192 97 16 198 58 284 36
Cuthead Lake 254 n/a n/a n/a 142 310 3
Highwood Summit 259 98 14 264 89 480 30
Katherine Lake 300 n/a n/a n/a 193 300 2
Larch Valley 269 n/a n/a n/a 193 269 2
Little Elbow 213 99 14 216 61 462 26
Lost Creek 315 89 7 353 193 668 15
Mirror Lake 203 97 17 210 79 348 38
Mist Creek 180 n/a n/a n/a 66 180 2
Mount Odlum 274 91 10 300 99 508 20
Mud Lake 188 88 8 215 66 376 23
Pipestone Upper 190 114 28 166 69 279 38
Ptarmigan Hut 287 n/a n/a n/a 140 287 3
Sunshine Village 312 80 6 389 150 678 27
Tent Ridge 254 111 15 230 71 460 22
Three Isle Lake 343 86 6 400 147 660 21

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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