Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

May 2005

Table 2 - May 2005 Snow course measurements in the Oldman River Basin
May 2005 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
Akamina 240 51 1 469 240 942 26
Allison Pass 281 61 1 460 281 838 25
Flattop Mountain Pillow 808 69 3 1164 754 1895 36
Gardiner HW 508 68 2 749 372 1288 19
Iceberg Lake 307 43 3 719 226 1336 55
Josephine Lower 2 1 1 359 2 833 51
Many Glacier Pillow 0 0 11 104 0 574 29
Mt. Allen 559 51 2 1099 544 1852 55
Peigan Pass 411 44 1 940 411 1671 55
Ptarmigan Lake 345 38 1 899 345 1618 55
South Racehorse 188 54 3 350 127 620 13
West Castle 13 6 2 225 8 533 24
Wilkinson Bush 108 61 4 178 23 373 19
Wilkinson Open 9 9 3 95 0 274 19

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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