Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

March 2003

Table 4 - March 2003 Snow course measurements in the Red Deer, North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River Basins
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
Red Deer River Basin          
Limestone 168 146 20 115 50 178 21
Gable Mountain 107 70 4 153 75 297 21
McConnell Creek 86 56 2 154 58 292 22
Skoki Mountain 183 60 3 306 155 516 22
North Saskatchewan River Basin          
Brown Creek 51 75 9 68 11 132 27
Nigel Creek 206 57 5 363 135 655 32
Nordegg 33 56 7 59 6 109 29
Athabasca River Basin          
Hinton 41 52 4 78 36 135 29
Marmot-Jasper 117 62 4 190 91 314 24
Sunwapta Falls 99 59 4 168 79 277 32

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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