Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

March 2005

Table 4 - March 2005 Snow course measurements in the Red Deer, North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River Basins
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
Red Deer River Basin          
Limestone 127 110 16 116 50 178 23
Gable Mountain 157 103 14 152 75 297 23
McConnell Creek 188 122 20 154 58 292 24
Skoki Mountain 325 106 15 306 155 516 24
North Saskatchewan River Basin          
Brown Creek 62 92 14 68 11 132 29
Nigel Creek 306 85 14 358 135 655 34
Nordegg 49 84 14 59 6 109 31
Athabasca River Basin          
Hinton 130 162 30 80 36 135 31
Marmot-Jasper 214 114 18 188 91 314 26
Sunwapta Falls 198 118 25 167 79 277 34

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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