Eldora, 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 24% of 736 resorts
+1.7°C+3.1°F
The trend: from -9°C16°F to -7°C19°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−8%
The trend: from 1.8 m70 in to 1.7 m65 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
±0 days
The trend: from 2 to 2. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−12 days
The trend: from 116 to 103. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−2 days
The trend: from 42 to 40. 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−6%
Then
1.7 m68 in
Now
1.6 m64 in
- Snowfall in the village−7%
Then
1.6 m63 in
Now
1.5 m59 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
2
Now
2
- Days with a base at the summit−11 days
Then
110
Now
99
- Average temperature at the summit+1.1°C+1.9°F
Then
-9°C16°F
Now
-8°C18°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
- 1950s1950/511.9 m76 in1951/522.0 m77 in1952/531.7 m66 in1953/541.3 m50 in1954/551.4 m54 in1955/561.7 m67 in1956/572.6 m101 in1957/581.6 m63 in1958/592.0 m77 in1959/601.8 m70 in
- 1960s1960/611.9 m73 in1961/621.9 m74 in1962/631.2 m48 in1963/641.5 m58 in1964/652.1 m84 in1965/661.0 m41 in1966/671.3 m50 in1967/681.6 m63 in1968/691.1 m42 in1969/701.7 m65 in
- 1970s1970/711.9 m74 in1971/721.3 m53 in1972/732.2 m85 in1973/742.3 m91 in1974/751.8 m70 in1975/761.6 m63 in1976/771.4 m56 in1977/781.4 m56 in1978/792.0 m80 in1979/802.9 m112 in
- 1980s1980/811.2 m48 in1981/821.4 m55 in1982/832.2 m87 in1983/843.2 m127 in1984/851.6 m65 in1985/861.9 m76 in1986/872.1 m84 in1987/882.0 m77 in1988/891.9 m76 in1989/902.0 m77 in
- 1990s1990/911.7 m68 in1991/921.7 m65 in1992/932.0 m80 in1993/941.7 m67 in1994/951.8 m70 in1995/961.8 m70 in1996/972.2 m87 in1997/981.6 m63 in1998/992.0 m77 in1999/001.3 m52 in
- 2000s2000/011.2 m47 in2001/021.1 m44 in2002/031.8 m71 in2003/041.5 m60 in2004/051.8 m71 in2005/061.1 m44 in2006/071.7 m65 in2007/081.6 m64 in2008/091.9 m76 in2009/101.9 m75 in
- 2010s2010/111.5 m58 in2011/121.2 m45 in2012/131.4 m56 in2013/141.8 m71 in2014/151.8 m71 in2015/162.1 m83 in2016/171.6 m64 in2017/181.3 m50 in2018/191.7 m65 in2019/201.8 m70 in
- 2020s2020/211.8 m72 in2021/221.6 m61 in2022/231.7 m67 in2023/242.0 m79 in2024/251.5 m58 in2025/261.1 m42 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