76 winters, day by day
Breckenridge, United States. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.
Breckenridge, United States. 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 29% of 736 resorts
+1.8°C+3.3°F
The trend: from -14°C7°F to -12°C10°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−7%
The trend: from 2.3 m91 in to 2.2 m85 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
±0 days
The trend: from 2 to 2. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−5 days
The trend: from 151 to 146. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−5 days
The trend: from 65 to 60. 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−5%
Then
2.2 m88 in
Now
2.1 m84 in
- Snowfall in the village−7%
Then
2.0 m77 in
Now
1.8 m72 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
1
Now
2
- Days with a base at the summit−2 days
Then
148
Now
146
- Average temperature at the summit+1.2°C+2.1°F
Then
-14°C7°F
Now
-13°C9°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 m108 in1951/523.0 m119 in1952/532.1 m84 in1953/541.9 m75 in1954/551.9 m76 in1955/562.5 m96 in1956/572.8 m110 in1957/582.4 m93 in1958/592.3 m92 in1959/602.0 m78 in
- 1960s1960/612.1 m81 in1961/622.5 m100 in1962/631.7 m68 in1963/641.9 m74 in1964/652.8 m111 in1965/661.4 m56 in1966/672.0 m79 in1967/682.1 m81 in1968/692.1 m82 in1969/702.2 m85 in
- 1970s1970/712.1 m83 in1971/722.0 m77 in1972/732.1 m84 in1973/742.4 m96 in1974/752.4 m95 in1975/762.2 m85 in1976/771.7 m67 in1977/782.6 m102 in1978/792.3 m91 in1979/802.9 m112 in
- 1980s1980/811.5 m57 in1981/822.5 m100 in1982/832.4 m96 in1983/843.4 m135 in1984/852.3 m89 in1985/862.7 m104 in1986/872.2 m85 in1987/882.4 m95 in1988/892.6 m103 in1989/902.8 m112 in
- 1990s1990/912.3 m89 in1991/922.1 m82 in1992/932.5 m97 in1993/942.1 m82 in1994/952.5 m99 in1995/962.6 m102 in1996/972.6 m102 in1997/981.9 m74 in1998/992.4 m95 in1999/002.0 m78 in
- 2000s2000/011.9 m73 in2001/021.3 m52 in2002/032.2 m87 in2003/042.1 m82 in2004/052.2 m85 in2005/062.1 m81 in2006/072.2 m85 in2007/082.5 m98 in2008/092.4 m93 in2009/102.1 m81 in
- 2010s2010/112.5 m98 in2011/121.3 m51 in2012/132.0 m79 in2013/142.6 m102 in2014/151.9 m76 in2015/162.5 m98 in2016/172.4 m94 in2017/181.9 m76 in2018/192.6 m101 in2019/202.1 m84 in
- 2020s2020/212.1 m83 in2021/222.2 m86 in2022/232.3 m91 in2023/242.3 m92 in2024/252.0 m78 in2025/261.5 m59 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