Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

March 2004

Table 4 - March 2004 Snow course measurements in the Red Deer, North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River Basins
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
Red Deer River Basin          
Limestone 127 110 15 115 50 178 22
Gable Mountain 127 84 8 152 75 297 22
McConnell Creek 132 87 10 153 58 292 23
Skoki Mountain 274 90 7 305 155 516 23
North Saskatchewan River Basin          
Brown Creek 58 86 13 68 11 132 28
Nigel Creek 236 66 6 360 135 655 33
Nordegg 48 82 13 59 6 109 30
Athabasca River Basin          
Hinton 81 103 18 78 36 135 30
Marmot-Jasper 114 61 3 187 91 314 25
Sunwapta Falls 107 64 7 166 79 277 33

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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