Châtel, 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 67% of 736 resorts
+2.4°C+4.3°F
The trend: from -8°C18°F to -5°C22°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−14%
The trend: from 3.5 m137 in to 3.0 m119 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−2 days
The trend: from 9 to 8. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−8 days
The trend: from 154 to 146. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−23 days
The trend: from 142 to 119. 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−10%
Then
3.4 m134 in
Now
3.1 m120 in
- Snowfall in the village−10%
Then
3.4 m134 in
Now
3.1 m120 in
- Powder days at the summit−1 day
Then
9
Now
8
- Days with a base at the summit−5 days
Then
154
Now
149
- Days with a base in the village−13 days
Then
139
Now
126
- Average temperature at the summit+1.3°C+2.4°F
Then
-7°C19°F
Now
-6°C21°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
- 1950s1950/514.0 m156 in1951/523.4 m133 in1952/533.4 m133 in1953/542.3 m91 in1954/553.2 m125 in1955/562.3 m89 in1956/571.8 m71 in1957/584.1 m161 in1958/592.5 m98 in1959/603.3 m130 in
- 1960s1960/613.0 m117 in1961/623.4 m132 in1962/633.8 m150 in1963/641.5 m59 in1964/653.3 m130 in1965/664.9 m194 in1966/673.8 m148 in1967/683.9 m155 in1968/693.4 m135 in1969/705.9 m233 in
- 1970s1970/712.7 m104 in1971/723.0 m117 in1972/733.0 m118 in1973/742.8 m109 in1974/753.9 m152 in1975/762.5 m98 in1976/774.3 m169 in1977/784.8 m188 in1978/793.6 m143 in1979/804.3 m171 in
- 1980s1980/813.9 m154 in1981/824.6 m182 in1982/834.2 m167 in1983/844.2 m164 in1984/853.4 m135 in1985/863.7 m147 in1986/873.3 m130 in1987/883.9 m154 in1988/892.9 m115 in1989/902.0 m80 in
- 1990s1990/912.8 m109 in1991/922.9 m113 in1992/931.8 m72 in1993/943.6 m142 in1994/954.4 m171 in1995/961.9 m74 in1996/972.8 m109 in1997/983.1 m123 in1998/994.4 m173 in1999/003.5 m139 in
- 2000s2000/013.9 m153 in2001/022.2 m85 in2002/032.8 m110 in2003/043.3 m129 in2004/053.1 m122 in2005/063.2 m124 in2006/072.2 m85 in2007/083.3 m130 in2008/093.3 m130 in2009/102.9 m112 in
- 2010s2010/112.2 m85 in2011/123.6 m141 in2012/134.5 m175 in2013/143.3 m128 in2014/152.9 m113 in2015/163.6 m140 in2016/172.3 m92 in2017/184.1 m163 in2018/192.9 m116 in2019/203.3 m129 in
- 2020s2020/213.0 m116 in2021/222.7 m106 in2022/231.9 m73 in2023/242.8 m110 in2024/252.4 m93 in2025/262.8 m111 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