76 winters, day by day
Cimarron Mountain Club, United States. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.
Cimarron Mountain Club, 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 41% of 736 resorts
+2.0°C+3.6°F
The trend: from -11°C12°F to -9°C16°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−12%
The trend: from 2.2 m85 in to 1.9 m75 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
+1 day
The trend: from 1 to 2. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−17 days
The trend: from 145 to 128. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−13 days
The trend: from 116 to 103. 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−8%
Then
2.1 m82 in
Now
1.9 m75 in
- Snowfall in the village−8%
Then
2.0 m79 in
Now
1.8 m73 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
1
Now
1
- Days with a base at the summit−9 days
Then
139
Now
130
- Days with a base in the village−12 days
Then
112
Now
100
- Average temperature at the summit+1.2°C+2.2°F
Then
-11°C13°F
Now
-9°C15°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
- 1950s1950/512.0 m77 in1951/522.8 m111 in1952/532.0 m78 in1953/541.3 m51 in1954/551.7 m68 in1955/562.2 m86 in1956/572.4 m95 in1957/582.6 m100 in1958/592.1 m82 in1959/602.1 m83 in
- 1960s1960/612.1 m83 in1961/622.2 m85 in1962/631.6 m62 in1963/642.0 m78 in1964/652.9 m114 in1965/661.4 m54 in1966/671.6 m63 in1967/682.3 m91 in1968/691.9 m75 in1969/702.0 m77 in
- 1970s1970/711.8 m70 in1971/721.5 m57 in1972/732.4 m93 in1973/742.3 m89 in1974/752.7 m104 in1975/762.0 m79 in1976/771.3 m52 in1977/782.3 m89 in1978/792.7 m104 in1979/802.5 m99 in
- 1980s1980/811.5 m59 in1981/822.4 m94 in1982/832.5 m99 in1983/843.5 m136 in1984/852.3 m91 in1985/862.1 m82 in1986/872.2 m86 in1987/882.0 m77 in1988/892.1 m82 in1989/901.8 m71 in
- 1990s1990/912.1 m83 in1991/921.9 m75 in1992/932.5 m96 in1993/941.9 m75 in1994/952.3 m90 in1995/961.9 m74 in1996/972.2 m87 in1997/982.0 m79 in1998/992.0 m80 in1999/001.7 m68 in
- 2000s2000/011.8 m72 in2001/021.4 m54 in2002/031.7 m66 in2003/042.0 m79 in2004/052.1 m83 in2005/061.8 m70 in2006/071.8 m69 in2007/082.2 m88 in2008/092.4 m93 in2009/101.9 m75 in
- 2010s2010/112.1 m83 in2011/121.5 m59 in2012/131.8 m71 in2013/142.0 m80 in2014/151.7 m68 in2015/162.3 m90 in2016/172.3 m92 in2017/181.5 m57 in2018/192.4 m94 in2019/201.6 m63 in
- 2020s2020/211.8 m72 in2021/221.8 m71 in2022/232.4 m93 in2023/241.9 m75 in2024/251.8 m69 in2025/261.2 m45 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