Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

March 2007

Table 4 - March 2007 Snow course measurements in the Red Deer, North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River Basins
March 2007 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 127 111 18 115 50 178 25
Gable Mountain 220 144 24 154 75 297 25
McConnell Creek 203 131 22 155 58 292 26
Skoki Mountain 403 131 23 308 155 516 26
North Saskatchewan River Basin          
Brown Creek 73 110 18 66 11 132 31
Nigel Creek 514 142 31 361 135 655 36
Nordegg 44 77 11 57 6 109 33
Athabasca River Basin          
Hinton 134 165 32 81 36 135 33
Marmot-Jasper 252 134 25 189 91 314 28
Sunwapta Falls 219 131 29 167 79 277 36

 

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm
 
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