Ancelle, France. 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 64% of 736 resorts
+2.3°C+4.2°F
The trend: from -5°C23°F to -3°C27°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−24%
The trend: from 2.2 m85 in to 1.6 m65 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 4 to 4. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−6 days
The trend: from 148 to 141. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−31 days
The trend: from 116 to 85. 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−19%
Then
2.1 m83 in
Now
1.7 m68 in
- Powder days at the summit−1 day
Then
4
Now
4
- Days with a base at the summit−6 days
Then
150
Now
143
- Days with a base in the village−21 days
Then
114
Now
93
- Average temperature at the summit+1.3°C+2.4°F
Then
-4°C24°F
Now
-3°C26°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
- 1950s1950/512.8 m111 in1951/521.1 m44 in1952/531.7 m68 in1953/541.4 m54 in1954/552.6 m104 in1955/561.5 m57 in1956/571.7 m68 in1957/582.1 m84 in1958/591.8 m72 in1959/602.8 m109 in
- 1960s1960/611.9 m74 in1961/622.3 m89 in1962/632.9 m115 in1963/641.0 m41 in1964/651.4 m55 in1965/662.7 m107 in1966/671.9 m76 in1967/681.5 m60 in1968/691.9 m75 in1969/702.5 m97 in
- 1970s1970/712.5 m99 in1971/722.6 m103 in1972/731.4 m56 in1973/742.2 m85 in1974/751.8 m71 in1975/762.0 m77 in1976/772.8 m111 in1977/783.1 m123 in1978/792.6 m103 in1979/802.6 m102 in
- 1980s1980/811.7 m66 in1981/822.9 m113 in1982/831.6 m64 in1983/842.4 m94 in1984/852.1 m83 in1985/862.5 m100 in1986/871.5 m59 in1987/881.8 m71 in1988/891.8 m69 in1989/901.3 m52 in
- 1990s1990/911.7 m66 in1991/921.2 m49 in1992/9396 cm38 in1993/942.6 m103 in1994/951.7 m69 in1995/961.9 m74 in1996/972.2 m87 in1997/982.0 m80 in1998/991.9 m76 in1999/001.8 m71 in
- 2000s2000/011.9 m75 in2001/021.1 m42 in2002/031.6 m63 in2003/041.9 m73 in2004/051.2 m46 in2005/061.9 m75 in2006/0787 cm34 in2007/081.9 m74 in2008/092.4 m95 in2009/102.4 m95 in
- 2010s2010/111.4 m56 in2011/121.5 m57 in2012/132.1 m81 in2013/142.3 m92 in2014/151.3 m50 in2015/161.5 m58 in2016/171.4 m56 in2017/182.7 m107 in2018/191.3 m50 in2019/202.0 m78 in
- 2020s2020/211.7 m66 in2021/221.1 m43 in2022/231.1 m43 in2023/242.0 m79 in2024/251.4 m55 in2025/261.8 m70 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