Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

May 2002

Table 4 - May 2002 Snow course measurements in the Red Deer, North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River Basins
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
Red Deer River Basin          
Gable Mountain 256 126 20 204 119 376 22
Limestone 249 150 15 167 36 264 18
McConnell Creek 287 162 21 177 43 328 22
Skoki Mountain 472 122 21 386 224 605 24
North Saskatchewan River Basin          
Golden Eagle 721 120 15 600 345 814 18
Job Creek 150 127 9 118 80 211 10
Job Lake 213 124 15 172 80 321 18
Nigel Creek 521 120 26 434 207 752 33
South Esk 389 126 15 309 189 517 17
Watchman Creek 513 105 18 490 318 643 18
Athabasca River Basin          
Marmot Jasper 292 127 26 231 0 401 33
Sunwapta Falls 183 130 22 140 0 340 33

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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