Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

January 2005

Table 1 - January 2005 Snow course measurements in the Oldman 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
Akamina 188 79 5 237 132 472 11
Flattop Mountain pillow 432 83 13 521 259 859 36
Gardiner Creek pillow 189 85 9 223 82 555 16
Many Glacier pillow 61 37 2 165 46 371 29
South Racehorse pillow 153 81 9 188 76 686 19

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

Click here to see the Snow Course data ranked by year
Click here to see a Map showing the location of Snow Course sites
Stations that contain links will take you to the real-time snow pillow information. The snow pillows show snow accumulation and are updated daily on the website. Just click on the links where available to see the snow pillow graph to follow conditions during the month.


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