Centro Ski Pucón, Chile. Every ski winter from 1950 to 2025.
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 2% of 736 resorts
+0.7°C+1.2°F
The trend: from 0°C32°F to 1°C33°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−4%
The trend: from 1.5 m61 in to 1.5 m58 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 3 to 3. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
±0 days
The trend: from 7 to 7. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 33 to 33. 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 1950–1979Now 1996–2025
- Snowfall at the summit−7%
Then
1.6 m63 in
Now
1.5 m59 in
- Snowfall in the village−3%
Then
1.1 m43 in
Now
1.0 m41 in
- Powder days at the summit−1 day
Then
4
Now
3
- Days with a base at the summit−1 day
Then
8
Now
7
- Average temperature at the summit+0.5°C+0.9°F
Then
0°C32°F
Now
1°C33°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
- 1950s19502.0 m78 in195188 cm35 in195275 cm30 in19531.3 m50 in19542.5 m96 in19551.3 m51 in19561.6 m64 in19572.0 m78 in195880 cm31 in19591.7 m65 in
- 1960s19601.6 m63 in19612.2 m88 in196275 cm30 in19631.4 m54 in19642.1 m81 in19651.5 m59 in19661.6 m63 in19672.6 m104 in196862 cm24 in19692.0 m80 in
- 1970s19702.1 m81 in19712.0 m78 in19721.4 m56 in19731.8 m70 in19742.0 m79 in19751.9 m75 in19761.5 m59 in19772.6 m102 in19781.1 m41 in197985 cm33 in
- 1980s19801.2 m47 in198197 cm38 in19821.5 m58 in19832.1 m82 in19842.2 m85 in198542 cm17 in198661 cm24 in198783 cm33 in19881.7 m68 in19891.4 m56 in
- 1990s199066 cm26 in19911.2 m45 in19921.5 m59 in19931.2 m48 in19941.1 m42 in19953.1 m122 in199675 cm30 in19971.4 m56 in199875 cm30 in19991.4 m54 in
- 2000s20001.7 m65 in20011.4 m55 in20021.4 m57 in200388 cm35 in20041.1 m43 in20051.3 m49 in20061.8 m70 in20074.2 m167 in20081.2 m49 in20091.5 m57 in
- 2010s20102.1 m81 in20112.0 m80 in20121.1 m43 in201381 cm32 in20141.9 m73 in20151.7 m65 in201668 cm27 in20172.2 m85 in20181.4 m55 in20191.7 m68 in
- 2020s20201.9 m76 in202199 cm39 in20222.5 m97 in20231.3 m50 in20241.2 m45 in202594 cm37 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