Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

March 2002

Table 4 - March 2002 Snow course measurements in the Red Deer, North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River Basins
  Mar. 1/02 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
Red Deer Basin                
Gable Mountain 185 119 15 155 75 297 20
Limestone 109 97 10 112 50 178 20
McConnell Creek 218 139 18 157 58 292 21
Skoki Mountain 343 110 15 312 155 516 21
North Sask. Basin                
Brown Creek 102 148 24 69 11 132 26
Nigel Creek 399 108 22 369 135 655 31
Nordegg 56 93 13 60 6 109 28
Athabasca Basin                
Hinton 74 93 15 80 36 135 28
Marmot-Jasper 201 104 13 193 91 314 23
Sunwapta Falls 135 79 7 170 79 277 31

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