Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

July 2002

Table 1 - Recorded Precipitation in 2002 (values are ranked highest to lowest)
Station Name Years of Data Feb-Jun rank Mar-Jun rank Apr-Jun rank May-Jun rank June rank
Carway 1915-2002 1/88 1/88 1/88 1/88 3/88
Cardston 1923-2002 5/80 6/80 7/80 5/80 7/80
Mountain View 1913-2002 19/90 18/90 19/90 21/90 31/90
Pincher Creek 1915-2002 6/83 6/86 6/87 8/88 13/88
Beavermines 1913-2002 2/90 3/90 6/90 6/90 9/90
Lethbridge 1912-2002 2/90 1/90 1/91 1/91 1/91
Medicine Hat 1912-2002 2/91 3/91 2/91 1/91 1/91
Brooks 1915-2002 46/88 41/88 37/88 24/88 12/88
Kananaskis 1940-2002 7/63 7/63 11/63 16/63 18/63
High River 1917-2002 4/85 6/86 6/86 7/86 14/86
Calgary 1912-2002 79/91 77/91 75/91 71/91 65/91
Red Deer 1914-2002 71/89 68/89 74/89 83/89 88/89
Edmonton 1912-2002 83/91 84/91 88/91 91/91 84/91
Rocky Mtn. House 1917-2002 61/79 52/79 57/82 68/86 87/88
Lloydminster 1913-2002 38/39 41/42 68/72 74/75 74/79
Slave Lake 1925-2002 73/76 71/76 71/76 73/77 56/78
Grande Prairie 1931-2002 35/72 31/72 40/72 43/72 51/72
Peace River 1950-2002 51/53 47/53 47/53 49/53 49/53
Fort McMurray 1920-2002 71/83 68/83 63/83 52/83 39/83

Note: Rankings based on preliminary data

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