Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

March 2005

Table 2 - March 2005 Snow course measurements in the Oldman River Basin

March 2005 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 216 50 1 429 216 714 26
Allison Pass 251 66 4 378 189 625 26
Flattop Mountain 620 65 3 959 478 1529 36
Gardiner HW 376 62 3 611 283 1008 18
Iceberg Lake 292 n/a n/a n/a 292 625 3
Josephine Lower 61 n/a n/a n/a 61 279 3
Lee Creek 17 15 2 117 13 320 34
Many Glacier 76 23 1 329 76 531 29
Mount Allen 389 n/a n/a n/a 389 803 3
Peigan Pass 345 n/a n/a n/a 345 640 3
Ptarmigan Lake 320 n/a n/a n/a 320 638 3
South Racehorse 217 65 2 332 189 488 11
West Castle 62 21 1 291 62 460 24
Wilkinson Bush 154 93 11 166 78 307 21
Wilkinson Open 102 88 9 116 55 221 21

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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