Ål skisenter, Norway. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.
Every day of every winter
Each row is a winter, oldest at the top. Each column is a day, from the start of the season to the end. The darker the blue, the more snow fell that day.
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Climate change
Average winter temperature at the summit
Faster warming than 96% of 736 resorts
+3.2°C+5.8°F
The trend: from -10°C14°F to -7°C20°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
+21%
The trend: from 2.1 m82 in to 2.5 m99 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
+1 day
The trend: from 1 to 2. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−14 days
The trend: from 174 to 160. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
+5 days
The trend: from 58 to 64. Point at a winter to read it.
Each dot is one winter. The curve is a running average over about ten winters; the dotted line is the straight trend through all of them, and the changes above are measured along it. One winter is weather; the trend is climate.
Then and now
Then 1950/51–1979/80Now 1996/97–2025/26
- Snowfall at the summit+12%
Then
2.1 m84 in
Now
2.4 m94 in
- Snowfall in the village−1%
Then
1.6 m64 in
Now
1.6 m64 in
- Powder days at the summit+1 day
Then
1
Now
2
- Days with a base at the summit−8 days
Then
171
Now
163
- Average temperature at the summit+2.1°C+3.7°F
Then
-9°C15°F
Now
-7°C19°F
Averages per winter over the first and last 30 winters. A powder day brings 10 cm4 in or more of new snow; a base is 30 cm12 in or more on the ground.
Records
All winters
- 1950s1950/512.7 m105 in1951/522.3 m91 in1952/531.5 m59 in1953/541.8 m71 in1954/552.1 m81 in1955/561.5 m57 in1956/571.9 m76 in1957/581.8 m70 in1958/591.8 m72 in1959/603.0 m117 in
- 1960s1960/612.3 m91 in1961/622.5 m98 in1962/631.4 m54 in1963/641.3 m53 in1964/652.1 m84 in1965/662.0 m77 in1966/673.1 m122 in1967/682.3 m89 in1968/692.1 m81 in1969/702.0 m77 in
- 1970s1970/712.4 m95 in1971/722.5 m97 in1972/731.7 m68 in1973/742.4 m94 in1974/752.3 m90 in1975/762.2 m88 in1976/772.4 m94 in1977/782.7 m107 in1978/792.2 m86 in1979/801.9 m73 in
- 1980s1980/812.2 m85 in1981/822.1 m83 in1982/832.9 m115 in1983/842.0 m78 in1984/852.6 m104 in1985/862.0 m80 in1986/872.3 m89 in1987/882.7 m105 in1988/892.5 m100 in1989/903.5 m137 in
- 1990s1990/911.8 m69 in1991/922.6 m102 in1992/932.8 m109 in1993/942.6 m100 in1994/953.2 m124 in1995/961.2 m46 in1996/971.8 m72 in1997/982.9 m115 in1998/992.3 m91 in1999/002.6 m100 in
- 2000s2000/013.4 m135 in2001/022.4 m95 in2002/031.8 m71 in2003/042.0 m77 in2004/051.9 m75 in2005/061.8 m72 in2006/072.8 m112 in2007/083.3 m130 in2008/092.2 m87 in2009/102.3 m89 in
- 2010s2010/111.5 m58 in2011/122.4 m95 in2012/131.8 m72 in2013/143.5 m137 in2014/152.5 m97 in2015/162.5 m100 in2016/172.1 m82 in2017/182.7 m105 in2018/192.1 m81 in2019/203.2 m124 in
- 2020s2020/212.4 m96 in2021/221.7 m65 in2022/233.3 m130 in2023/243.0 m117 in2024/251.7 m66 in2025/262.1 m81 in
Modelled weather from ERA5 and ERA5-Land, not measured on the slopes. Snow depth is the average over a grid cell about 9 km wide, so it can differ a lot from what the piste report says. How SnowOdds works