Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

February 2008

Table 3 - February 2008 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin
February 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
Bow River 131 83 14 157 76 262 42
Bow Summit N/A N/A N/A 258 86 460 27
Chateau Lawn 207 105 24 196 58 284 40
Cuthead Lake 251 94 3 266 142 435 6
Highwood Summit 231 88 12 263 89 480 34
Katherine Lake N/A N/A N/A 302 193 374 4
Larch Valley N/A N/A N/A 286 193 403 4
Little Elbow 198 91 12 217 61 462 29
Lost Creek 313 91 9 344 193 668 19
Mirror Lake 177 84 11 211 79 348 42
Mist Creek 159 123 4 129 66 180 5
Mount Odlum 260 88 9 296 99 508 24
Mud Lake 241 112 20 215 66 376 27
Pipestone Upper 143 86 12 166 69 279 42
Ptarmigan Hut 238 95 2 250 140 337 6
Sunshine Village 377 98 15 386 150 678 31
Tent Ridge 219 95 11 230 71 460 26
Three Isle Lake 404 100 12 405 147 660 24

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

 

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