Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

January 2006

Table 1 - January 2006 Snow course measurements in the Oldman River Basin

January 2006 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 182 78 4 232 132 472 12
Flattop Mountain pillow 351 68 6 516 259 859 37
Gardiner HW 155 71 5 219 82 555 17
Many Glacier HW pillow 56 35 2 161 46 371 30
South Racehorse 109 59 7 184 76 686 20

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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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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