Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

May 2007

Table 4 - May 2007 Snow course measurements in the Red Deer, North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River Basins
May 2007 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 209 129 17 162 13 302 23
Gable Mountain 300 149 26 202 119 376 27
McConnell Creek 243 141 23 173 43 328 27
Skoki Mountain 553 143 28 388 224 605 29
North Saskatchewan River Basin          
Golden Eagle 839 140 23 600 345 839 23
Job Creek 145 146 13 100 0 211 15
Job Lake 240 145 21 165 76 321 23
Nigel Creek 726 169 37 429 207 752 38
Southesk 359 119 17 303 189 517 22
Watchman Ck 676 140 23 484 318 676 23
Athabasca River Basin          
Marmot-Jasper 366 162 37 226 0 401 38
Sunwapta Falls 215 161 33 134 0 340 38
 

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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