Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

March 2003

Table 2 - March 2003 Snow course measurements in the Oldman River Basin
March 2003 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 296 67 4 439 254 714 24
Allison Pass 234 61 2 386 189 625 24
Gardiner HW 373 60 2 623 283 1008 16
Iceberg Lake 478 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1
Josephine Lower 173 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1
Lee Creek 47 39 6 120 13 320 32
Mount Allen 625 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1
Peigan Pass 533 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1
Ptarmigan Lake 493 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1
West Castle 160 53 1 302 160 460 22
Wilkinson Bush 62 38 1 163 62 307 19
Wilkinson Open 67 58 3 115 55 221 19

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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