SnowOdds

76 winters, day by day

Aramón Cerler, Spain. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.

Painting of Aramón Cerler
Average winter
1.8 m69 in
Snowiest winter
2.7 m107 in
Leanest winter
92 cm36 in
Powder days a winter
3

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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Winter total
1950/511960/611970/711980/811990/912000/012010/112020/21
New snow in a day
1 cm0.4 in3 cm1 in7 cm3 in15 cm6 in30 cm12 in50 cm20 in

Climate change

One stripe per winter, 1950/51 to 2025/26. Blue winters were colder than this resort’s average, red ones warmer.

Average winter temperature at the summit

Faster warming than 63% of 736 resorts

+2.3°C+4.2°F

The trend: from -7°C20°F to -4°C24°F. Point at a winter to read it.

-8°18°-6°21°-4°25°

Snowfall at the summit

−15%

The trend: from 1.9 m74 in to 1.6 m63 in. Point at a winter to read it.

1.0 m39 in1.5 m59 in2.0 m79 in2.5 m98 in

Powder days at the summit

±0 days

The trend: from 2 to 3. Point at a winter to read it.

0246

Days with a base at the summit

−65 days

The trend: from 130 to 65. Point at a winter to read it.

050100150200

Days with a base in the village

−50 days

The trend: from 72 to 23. Point at a winter to read it.

050100150

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−10%

Then

1.9 m75 in

Now

1.7 m67 in

Snowfall in the village−10%

Then

1.9 m75 in

Now

1.7 m67 in

Powder days at the summit±0 days

Then

2

Now

3

Days with a base at the summit−41 days

Then

121

Now

81

Days with a base in the village−33 days

Then

66

Now

33

Average temperature at the summit+1.4°C+2.5°F

Then

-6°C21°F

Now

-5°C23°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

Most snow in a day
37 cm15 in
Snowiest winter
2.7 m107 in
Leanest winter
92 cm36 in
Deepest snow on the ground
153 cm60 in
Coldest night at the summit
-33°C-28°F
Strongest gust at the summit
126 km/h78 mph

All winters

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