Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

January 2005

Table 2 - January 2005 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin
January 2005 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
Highwood Summit 201 99 10 204 94 399 22
Little Elbow 137 80 10 170 74 417 23
Lost Creek pillow 291 112 10 261 77 565 14
Mount Odlum 218 93 10 234 109 460 19
Mud Lake 137 89 10 153 53 353 22
Sunshine Village 269 98 12 274 137 566 21
Tent Ridge 155 87 10 177 64 406 21
Three Isle Lake 282 91 9 310 178 574 22

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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