Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

October 2002

Table 1 - Recorded Precipitation in 2002 (values are ranked highest to lowest)
Station Name Years of Data Feb-Jun rank Mar-Sept rank
Carway 1915-2002 1/88 2/88
Cardston 1923-2002 5/80 7/80
Mountain View 1913-2002 19/90 8/90
Pincher Creek 1915-2002 6/83 7/85
Beavermines 1913-2002 2/90 4/90
Lethbridge 1912-2002 2/90 3/91
Medicine Hat 1912-2002 2/91 4/91
Brooks 1915-2002 46/88 37/88
Kananaskis 1940-2002 7/63 15/63
High River 1917-2002 4/85 19/86
Calgary 1912-2002 79/91 69/91
Red Deer 1914-2002 71/89 69/89
Edmonton 1912-2002 83/91 91/91
Rocky Mtn. House 1917-2002 61/79 64/82
Lloydminster 1913-2002 38/39 40/40
Slave Lake 1925-2002 73/76 67/75
Grande Prairie 1931-2002 35/72 38/72
Peace River 1950-2002 51/53 45/53
Fort McMurray 1920-2002 71/83 37/83

Note: Rankings based on preliminary data

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