Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

March 2008

Table 3 - March 2008 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin
March 2008 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 174 90 19 192 96 386 42
Bow Summit 281 87 8 323 124 533 30
Chateau Lawn 221 92 17 241 112 401 40
Cuthead Lake 307 87 12 353 140 643 27
Highwood Summit 272 86 12 316 145 455 36
Katherine Lake 401 108 13 372 168 607 22
Larch Valley 341 91 9 373 201 569 25
Little Elbow 247 92 12 270 102 523 30
Lost Creek 434 105 16 414 158 775 22
Mirror Lake 213 83 14 255 122 483 42
Mist Creek 195 128 6 159 107 195 6
Mount Odlum Pillow 353 98 13 360 150 643 20
Mud Lake 292 107 19 272 112 439 28
Pipestone Upper 181 87 13 208 107 376 42
Ptarmigan Hut 276 83 11 334 175 564 40
Sunshine Village 478 98 21 486 211 770 39
Tent Ridge 262 90 11 290 122 584 26
Three Isle Lake Pillow 376 95 10 394 225 589 23

 
Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

 

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