Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

May 2004

Table 3 - May 2004 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin
May 2004 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 345 91 12 379 201 597 25
Cuthead Lake 385 84 9 457 246 818 26
Katherine Lk 456 93 9 488 274 744 22
Highwood Summit 371 81 7 458 221 726 41
Larch Valley 385 79 6 484 300 696 26
Little Elbow 315 82 7 385 206 742 26
Lost Creek 386 67 2 580 362 876 20
Mist Creek 71 43 8 164 0 523 38
Mt. Odlum 279 57 1 491 279 815 20
Mud Lake 244 71 8 344 165 588 32
Ptarmigan Hut 345 86 13 402 196 658 38
Sunshine Village 488 77 8 632 338 1092 38
Tent Ridge 300 78 6 384 201 663 24
Three Isle 503 76 4 658 409 947 24

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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