SnowOdds

76 winters, day by day

Domaine skiable Valberg, France. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.

Painting of Domaine skiable Valberg
Average winter
3.3 m131 in
Snowiest winter
6.1 m241 in
Leanest winter
1.3 m51 in
Powder days a winter
10

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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Winter total
1950/511960/611970/711980/811990/912000/012010/112020/21
New snow in a day
1 cm0.4 in3 cm1 in7 cm3 in15 cm6 in30 cm12 in50 cm20 in

Climate change

One stripe per winter, 1950/51 to 2025/26. Blue winters were colder than this resort’s average, red ones warmer.

Average winter temperature at the summit

Faster warming than 71% of 736 resorts

+2.4°C+4.4°F

The trend: from -5°C24°F to -2°C28°F. Point at a winter to read it.

-6°21°-4°25°-2°28°0°32°

Snowfall at the summit

−21%

The trend: from 3.7 m147 in to 2.9 m116 in. Point at a winter to read it.

2.0 m79 in4.0 m157 in6.0 m236 in

Powder days at the summit

−2 days

The trend: from 12 to 9. Point at a winter to read it.

0510152025

Days with a base at the summit

−48 days

The trend: from 150 to 102. Point at a winter to read it.

050100150200

Days with a base in the village

−65 days

The trend: from 108 to 44. Point at a winter to read it.

050100150

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−17%

Then

3.7 m147 in

Now

3.1 m122 in

Snowfall in the village−30%

Then

1.9 m73 in

Now

1.3 m51 in

Powder days at the summit−2 days

Then

12

Now

10

Days with a base at the summit−30 days

Then

145

Now

115

Days with a base in the village−45 days

Then

103

Now

58

Average temperature at the summit+1.4°C+2.6°F

Then

-4°C25°F

Now

-3°C27°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

Most snow in a day
55 cm22 in
Snowiest winter
6.1 m241 in
Leanest winter
1.3 m51 in
Deepest snow on the ground
238 cm94 in
Coldest night at the summit
-29°C-20°F
Strongest gust at the summit
133 km/h83 mph

All winters

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