Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

February 2007

Table 3 - February 2007 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin

February 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
Bow River 211 134 37 158 76 262 41
Bow Summit 346 134 25 258 86 460 27
Chateau Lawn 254 130 32 196 58 284 39
Cuthead Lake 435 162 5 269 142 435 5
Highwood Summit 282 107 22 264 89 480 33
Katherine Lake 374 N/A 4 302 193 374 4
Larch Valley 403 N/A 4 286 193 403 4
Little Elbow 216 99 15 217 61 462 28
Lost Creek 344 100 11 346 193 668 18
Mirror Lake 312 148 39 211 79 348 41
Mist Creek 138 N/A 3 122 66 180 4
Mount Odlum 319 107 14 298 99 508 23
Mud Lake 252 118 20 214 66 376 26
Pipestone Upper 217 130 36 167 69 279 41
Ptarmigan Hut 337 134 5 252 140 337 5
Sunshine Village 350 91 11 386 150 678 30
Tent Ridge 273 118 20 231 71 460 25
Three Isle Lake 491 121 19 405 147 660 23

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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