Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

April 2004

Table 4 - April 2004 Snow course measurements in the Red Deer, North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River Basins
April 2004 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 147 98 11 150 58 224 22
Gable Mountain 157 84 7 187 104 330 23
McConnell Creek 147 82 6 179 89 338 24
Skoki Mountain 351 98 13 358 203 554 26
North Saskatchewan River Basin          
Brown Creek 10 16 2 64 10 147 28
Nigel Creek 322 76 7 422 198 700 36
Nordegg 0 0 2 65 0 119 31
Athabasca River Basin          
Hinton 76 92 16 83 0 157 30
Marmot-Jasper 137 59 2 234 102 422 35
Sunwapta Falls 127 65 6 194 89 333 36

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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