Björkliden, Sweden. 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 83% of 736 resorts
+2.7°C+4.9°F
The trend: from -13°C9°F to -10°C14°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
+21%
The trend: from 2.8 m110 in to 3.4 m133 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
+1 day
The trend: from 4 to 5. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
+5 days
The trend: from 170 to 175. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
+10 days
The trend: from 70 to 80. 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+11%
Then
2.9 m114 in
Now
3.2 m128 in
- Snowfall in the village+8%
Then
2.3 m91 in
Now
2.5 m99 in
- Powder days at the summit+1 day
Then
4
Now
5
- Days with a base at the summit+1 day
Then
172
Now
172
- Average temperature at the summit+1.6°C+2.9°F
Then
-12°C10°F
Now
-10°C13°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
- 1950s1950/511.9 m76 in1951/522.7 m105 in1952/534.5 m175 in1953/542.5 m99 in1954/552.2 m87 in1955/562.7 m105 in1956/572.4 m95 in1957/582.8 m109 in1958/594.6 m180 in1959/601.9 m75 in
- 1960s1960/612.8 m111 in1961/623.0 m117 in1962/633.4 m135 in1963/644.1 m162 in1964/653.7 m144 in1965/661.5 m59 in1966/672.4 m95 in1967/683.1 m124 in1968/692.6 m103 in1969/701.6 m62 in
- 1970s1970/713.5 m138 in1971/723.3 m128 in1972/734.8 m188 in1973/743.3 m128 in1974/753.5 m137 in1975/763.0 m120 in1976/772.4 m96 in1977/782.8 m108 in1978/792.3 m91 in1979/802.1 m81 in
- 1980s1980/813.6 m143 in1981/822.9 m114 in1982/832.8 m111 in1983/843.1 m123 in1984/851.8 m71 in1985/862.2 m88 in1986/872.5 m96 in1987/882.7 m107 in1988/894.1 m159 in1989/904.2 m166 in
- 1990s1990/913.3 m128 in1991/924.5 m176 in1992/934.8 m189 in1993/941.8 m70 in1994/952.9 m114 in1995/963.2 m124 in1996/974.5 m176 in1997/982.8 m110 in1998/992.2 m88 in1999/004.2 m165 in
- 2000s2000/012.1 m82 in2001/024.2 m165 in2002/033.1 m121 in2003/042.5 m98 in2004/053.0 m119 in2005/062.6 m101 in2006/073.4 m134 in2007/082.8 m109 in2008/092.8 m109 in2009/102.1 m81 in
- 2010s2010/112.9 m116 in2011/123.1 m121 in2012/132.7 m105 in2013/143.9 m152 in2014/153.6 m141 in2015/162.8 m109 in2016/174.4 m172 in2017/181.6 m63 in2018/194.1 m161 in2019/204.5 m176 in
- 2020s2020/213.6 m143 in2021/223.9 m155 in2022/233.2 m125 in2023/242.6 m101 in2024/255.7 m222 in2025/262.7 m104 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