Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

May 2003

Table 4 - May 2003 Snow course measurements in the Red Deer, North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River Basins
May 2003 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 302 174 19 174 36 302 19
Gable Mountain 254 123 20 206 119 376 23
McConnell Creek 211 118 16 178 43 328 23
Skoki Mountain 414 107 15 388 224 604 25
North Saskatchewan River Basin          
Golden Eagle 589 98 9 600 345 814 19
Job Creek 124 105 8 118 80 211 11
Job Lake 188 109 13 172 80 321 19
Nigel Creek 351 81 11 432 207 752 34
Southesk 340 110 12 310 189 517 18
Watchman Ck 434 89 6 487 318 643 19
Athabasca River Basin          
Marmot-Jasper 163 71 7 229 0 401 34
Sunwapta Falls 74 53 9 138 0 340 34

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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