Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

March 2008

Table 4 - March 2008 Snow course measurements in the Red Deer, North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River Basins
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
Red Deer River Basin          
Limestone 96 84 9 114 50 178 26
Gable Mountain 124 81 7 153 75 297 26
McConnell Creek 142 92 12 154 58 292 27
Skoki Mountain 250 82 7 306 155 516 27
North Saskatchewan River Basin          
Brown Creek 79 118 21 67 11 132 32
Nigel Creek 333 92 19 360 135 655 37
Nordegg 66 116 21 57 6 109 34
Athabasca River Basin          
Hinton 111 135 26 82 36 135 34
Marmot-Jasper 177 94 12 188 91 314 29
Sunwapta Falls 174 104 23 168 79 277 37

 
Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

 

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