Courchevel, 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 46% of 736 resorts
+2.1°C+3.7°F
The trend: from -11°C13°F to -8°C17°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−7%
The trend: from 4.9 m193 in to 4.6 m180 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 15 to 14. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−2 days
The trend: from 171 to 169. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−5 days
The trend: from 170 to 165. 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−7%
Then
4.8 m191 in
Now
4.5 m178 in
- Snowfall in the village−11%
Then
4.2 m165 in
Now
3.8 m148 in
- Powder days at the summit−1 day
Then
15
Now
14
- Days with a base at the summit−1 day
Then
172
Now
170
- Days with a base in the village−3 days
Then
170
Now
167
- Average temperature at the summit+1.2°C+2.1°F
Then
-10°C14°F
Now
-9°C16°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
- 1950s1950/515.8 m226 in1951/524.6 m180 in1952/534.5 m176 in1953/542.9 m115 in1954/555.8 m229 in1955/563.3 m131 in1956/572.9 m113 in1957/585.1 m201 in1958/594.2 m166 in1959/604.7 m185 in
- 1960s1960/614.3 m171 in1961/625.2 m204 in1962/635.4 m211 in1963/642.5 m98 in1964/654.1 m160 in1965/667.7 m303 in1966/675.3 m207 in1967/684.4 m171 in1968/694.8 m190 in1969/708.0 m315 in
- 1970s1970/714.0 m156 in1971/724.1 m163 in1972/733.9 m153 in1973/744.1 m160 in1974/755.3 m210 in1975/763.2 m126 in1976/776.0 m235 in1977/787.3 m287 in1978/795.5 m216 in1979/806.7 m264 in
- 1980s1980/815.3 m209 in1981/826.4 m252 in1982/835.9 m231 in1983/845.7 m226 in1984/854.0 m158 in1985/865.6 m221 in1986/875.2 m205 in1987/885.8 m230 in1988/894.0 m159 in1989/904.5 m175 in
- 1990s1990/913.6 m143 in1991/923.9 m155 in1992/933.3 m128 in1993/945.8 m230 in1994/956.7 m263 in1995/962.9 m115 in1996/974.9 m192 in1997/984.3 m170 in1998/995.7 m226 in1999/005.2 m204 in
- 2000s2000/015.6 m221 in2001/023.2 m125 in2002/034.0 m159 in2003/044.5 m178 in2004/053.6 m142 in2005/064.2 m166 in2006/073.7 m144 in2007/085.0 m197 in2008/094.4 m172 in2009/104.2 m166 in
- 2010s2010/112.7 m106 in2011/125.2 m205 in2012/135.7 m222 in2013/144.3 m170 in2014/153.8 m150 in2015/164.9 m194 in2016/173.5 m138 in2017/186.8 m266 in2018/194.7 m185 in2019/205.8 m230 in
- 2020s2020/214.0 m158 in2021/224.0 m158 in2022/233.8 m149 in2023/245.4 m214 in2024/254.0 m159 in2025/264.2 m167 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