Donovaly, Slovakia. 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 87% of 736 resorts
+2.9°C+5.3°F
The trend: from -5°C22°F to -3°C27°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−25%
The trend: from 1.8 m71 in to 1.3 m53 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 1 to 1. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−74 days
The trend: from 109 to 35. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−12 days
The trend: from 49 to 38. 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−18%
Then
1.7 m68 in
Now
1.4 m56 in
- Snowfall in the village−18%
Then
1.7 m68 in
Now
1.4 m56 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
1
Now
1
- Days with a base at the summit−49 days
Then
97
Now
48
- Average temperature at the summit+1.7°C+3.1°F
Then
-5°C23°F
Now
-3°C26°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
- 1950s1950/511.7 m65 in1951/522.3 m91 in1952/531.5 m60 in1953/5491 cm36 in1954/552.1 m81 in1955/561.9 m74 in1956/571.5 m60 in1957/582.0 m79 in1958/5995 cm37 in1959/601.5 m59 in
- 1960s1960/611.1 m42 in1961/622.1 m83 in1962/631.7 m68 in1963/641.1 m42 in1964/651.7 m65 in1965/661.8 m72 in1966/672.8 m111 in1967/681.9 m73 in1968/691.5 m57 in1969/702.2 m86 in
- 1970s1970/711.4 m55 in1971/721.0 m41 in1972/731.5 m60 in1973/741.9 m75 in1974/751.9 m75 in1975/762.5 m97 in1976/772.4 m93 in1977/781.6 m64 in1978/791.6 m63 in1979/801.8 m71 in
- 1980s1980/811.6 m63 in1981/822.0 m78 in1982/831.9 m76 in1983/841.3 m52 in1984/851.4 m56 in1985/861.8 m71 in1986/872.0 m78 in1987/881.6 m61 in1988/891.4 m56 in1989/901.2 m46 in
- 1990s1990/9196 cm38 in1991/921.6 m63 in1992/931.3 m51 in1993/941.9 m74 in1994/951.5 m58 in1995/961.8 m71 in1996/971.1 m43 in1997/9895 cm37 in1998/991.6 m62 in1999/002.3 m90 in
- 2000s2000/011.2 m49 in2001/021.5 m57 in2002/031.2 m46 in2003/041.6 m61 in2004/052.1 m81 in2005/062.2 m87 in2006/071.5 m60 in2007/081.5 m61 in2008/091.7 m66 in2009/101.1 m43 in
- 2010s2010/1193 cm37 in2011/121.7 m67 in2012/131.9 m76 in2013/1476 cm30 in2014/151.4 m56 in2015/161.1 m45 in2016/171.3 m53 in2017/181.5 m59 in2018/191.6 m64 in2019/201.1 m43 in
- 2020s2020/211.3 m50 in2021/221.6 m61 in2022/231.4 m56 in2023/241.6 m63 in2024/2579 cm31 in2025/2693 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