Elbrus, Russia. 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 2% of 736 resorts
+0.7°C+1.2°F
The trend: from -15°C4°F to -15°C5°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
+6%
The trend: from 3.8 m148 in to 4.0 m157 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
+1 day
The trend: from 9 to 10. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
+7 days
The trend: from 170 to 177. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
+7 days
The trend: from 171 to 178. 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+5%
Then
3.8 m149 in
Now
4.0 m156 in
- Snowfall in the village+1%
Then
3.3 m128 in
Now
3.3 m130 in
- Powder days at the summit+1 day
Then
9
Now
10
- Days with a base at the summit+3 days
Then
171
Now
174
- Days with a base in the village+3 days
Then
172
Now
175
- Average temperature at the summit+0.3°C+0.5°F
Then
-15°C5°F
Now
-15°C5°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
- 1950s1950/512.2 m86 in1951/523.5 m138 in1952/534.0 m156 in1953/544.3 m170 in1954/553.2 m126 in1955/565.2 m204 in1956/573.8 m149 in1957/585.1 m200 in1958/593.2 m124 in1959/603.6 m143 in
- 1960s1960/613.2 m128 in1961/623.6 m140 in1962/635.8 m226 in1963/643.7 m145 in1964/653.9 m154 in1965/663.6 m142 in1966/673.2 m125 in1967/685.3 m210 in1968/692.4 m93 in1969/704.5 m177 in
- 1970s1970/713.5 m138 in1971/723.1 m121 in1972/733.1 m120 in1973/743.6 m142 in1974/753.9 m153 in1975/763.7 m146 in1976/772.7 m106 in1977/784.2 m165 in1978/794.9 m192 in1979/803.8 m150 in
- 1980s1980/814.2 m165 in1981/824.6 m180 in1982/833.2 m126 in1983/843.8 m151 in1984/853.2 m124 in1985/862.7 m106 in1986/876.4 m252 in1987/884.1 m161 in1988/894.5 m178 in1989/905.2 m203 in
- 1990s1990/913.0 m118 in1991/922.9 m113 in1992/934.9 m194 in1993/942.7 m108 in1994/954.0 m156 in1995/963.4 m134 in1996/974.4 m171 in1997/983.4 m132 in1998/993.8 m148 in1999/003.6 m143 in
- 2000s2000/013.1 m123 in2001/024.9 m194 in2002/033.5 m137 in2003/043.9 m153 in2004/055.0 m195 in2005/064.5 m176 in2006/074.0 m157 in2007/084.5 m176 in2008/093.6 m143 in2009/105.4 m213 in
- 2010s2010/113.5 m137 in2011/122.9 m114 in2012/133.8 m150 in2013/143.3 m129 in2014/154.1 m163 in2015/164.4 m174 in2016/173.3 m129 in2017/184.5 m175 in2018/193.3 m130 in2019/202.9 m115 in
- 2020s2020/215.2 m205 in2021/224.1 m160 in2022/233.6 m141 in2023/244.7 m187 in2024/253.7 m146 in2025/264.0 m157 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