Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

May 2008

Table 4 - May 2008 Snow course measurements in the Red Deer, North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River Basins
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
Red Deer River Basin          
Limestone 177 109 14 163 13 302 24
Gable Mountain 166 83 10 200 119 376 28
McConnell Creek 205 118 19 174 43 328 28
Skoki Mountain 331 86 8 386 224 605 30
North Saskatchewan River Basin          
Golden Eagle 610 102 14 600 345 839 24
Job Creek 98 99 8 99 0 211 16
Job Lake 180 108 15 166 76 321 24
Nigel Creek 409 95 21 429 207 752 39
Southesk 263 87 8 301 189 517 23
Watchman Ck 440 91 10 483 318 676 24
Athabasca River Basin          
Marmot-Jasper 193 86 15 225 0 401 39
Sunwapta Falls 183 135 27 135 0 340 39
 

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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