Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

May 2008

Table 2 - May 2008 Snow course measurements in the Oldman River Basin
May 2008 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 524 112 22 470 240 942 29
Allison Pass 475 103 19 460 281 838 28
Flattop Mountain Pillow 1313 113 28 1163 754 1895 39
Gardiner HW 818 109 14 750 372 1288 22
Iceberg Lake 815 113 38 719 226 1336 58
Josephine Lower 504 142 42 355 2 833 54
Many Glacier Pillow 264 258 27 102 0 574 32
Mt. Allen 1038 95 30 1088 544 1852 58
Peigan Pass 975 104 35 936 411 1671 58
Ptarmigan Lake 882 99 33 894 345 1618 58
South Racehorse 414 115 11 359 127 620 16
West Castle 319 145 21 220 8 533 27
Wilkinson Bush 152 88 9 173 23 373 22
Wilkinson Open 37 42 6 88 0 274 22
 

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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