Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

March 2004

Table 3 - March 2004 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin
March 2004 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
Bow River 165 85 13 193 96 386 38
Bow Summit 295 92 11 321 124 533 26
Chateau Lawn 188 77 7 243 112 401 36
Cuthead Lake 282 80 9 351 140 643 23
Highwood Summit 269 85 10 318 145 455 32
Larch Valley 290 77 6 378 201 569 22
Little Elbow 226 84 10 270 102 523 26
Lost Creek 315 75 6 419 158 775 18
Mirror Lake 213 84 12 255 122 483 38
Mist Creek 183 n/a n/a n/a 107 183 2
Mount Odlum 274 74 5 372 168 579 20
Mud Lake 244 89 9 273 112 439 24
Pipestone Upper 178 85 11 209 107 376 38
Ptarmigan Hut 300 90 14 334 175 564 36
Sunshine Village 361 74 6 486 211 770 35
Tent Ridge 254 87 9 292 122 584 22
Three Isle Lake 356 72 5 494 224 752 23

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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