Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

May 2002

Table 3 - May 2002 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin
May 2002 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 Summit 470 123 19 383 201 597 23
Cuthead Lake 602 131 20 460 246 818 24
Highwood Summit 640 138 35 462 221 726 39
Katherine Lake 645 132 19 487 274 744 20
Larch Valley 584 119 20 490 300 696 24
Little Elbow 531 136 23 389 206 742 24
Lost Creek 757 128 17 590 362 876 19
Mist Creek 353 209 33 169 0 523 36
Mount Odlum 815 160 18 508 297 815 18
Mud Lake 521 149 28 350 165 588 30
Ptarmigan Hut 465 115 27 404 196 658 36
Sunshine Village 767 120 28 639 338 1092 36
Tent Ridge 511 131 21 390 201 663 22
Three Isle Lake 940 140 21 670 409 947 22

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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