Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

May 2006

Table 2 - May 2006 Snow course measurements in the Oldman River Basin
May 2006 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 568 120 22 472 240 942 27
Allison Pass 467 101 17 460 281 838 26
Flattop Mountain Pillow 1151 99 21 1163 754 1895 37
Gardiner HW 809 108 12 752 372 1288 20
Iceberg Lake 635 88 26 718 226 1336 56
Josephine Lower 195 55 12 356 2 833 52
Many Glacier Pillow 0 0 12 100 0 574 30
Mt. Allen 936 85 20 1096 544 1852 56
Peigan Pass 861 92 25 938 411 1671 56
Ptarmigan Lake 747 83 20 896 345 1618 56
South Racehorse 394 111 9 354 127 620 14
West Castle 132 60 6 221 8 533 25
Wilkinson Bush 122 69 5 176 23 373 20
Wilkinson Open 43 46 7 93 0 274 20

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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