Espot, Spain. 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 63% of 736 resorts
+2.3°C+4.2°F
The trend: from -5°C23°F to -3°C27°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−10%
The trend: from 2.2 m88 in to 2.0 m79 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
±0 days
The trend: from 3 to 3. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−60 days
The trend: from 133 to 73. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−7 days
The trend: from 56 to 49. 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
2.2 m88 in
Now
2.1 m82 in
- Snowfall in the village−17%
Then
1.2 m48 in
Now
1.0 m40 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
3
Now
3
- Days with a base at the summit−35 days
Then
125
Now
90
- Average temperature at the summit+1.4°C+2.5°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
- 1950s1950/513.0 m117 in1951/522.4 m94 in1952/531.5 m59 in1953/541.9 m73 in1954/551.7 m68 in1955/561.9 m75 in1956/571.5 m60 in1957/582.3 m90 in1958/592.4 m95 in1959/602.3 m89 in
- 1960s1960/612.1 m84 in1961/622.2 m87 in1962/632.5 m97 in1963/641.7 m65 in1964/652.3 m91 in1965/662.5 m100 in1966/672.4 m93 in1967/682.4 m93 in1968/692.4 m94 in1969/702.6 m103 in
- 1970s1970/712.4 m95 in1971/723.1 m124 in1972/732.0 m78 in1973/742.6 m103 in1974/751.6 m64 in1975/761.7 m68 in1976/772.3 m89 in1977/782.7 m107 in1978/793.0 m118 in1979/801.7 m65 in
- 1980s1980/812.8 m109 in1981/822.6 m102 in1982/831.9 m74 in1983/842.2 m86 in1984/851.6 m64 in1985/862.6 m103 in1986/872.1 m81 in1987/882.0 m78 in1988/891.6 m64 in1989/901.1 m43 in
- 1990s1990/912.1 m84 in1991/921.7 m66 in1992/931.4 m55 in1993/942.4 m95 in1994/951.7 m67 in1995/962.4 m93 in1996/972.3 m90 in1997/981.9 m74 in1998/992.4 m93 in1999/001.6 m64 in
- 2000s2000/012.2 m88 in2001/022.0 m77 in2002/032.7 m106 in2003/042.4 m93 in2004/052.1 m81 in2005/061.9 m76 in2006/071.6 m61 in2007/081.8 m69 in2008/093.0 m116 in2009/102.4 m94 in
- 2010s2010/111.4 m55 in2011/121.4 m56 in2012/133.0 m117 in2013/142.6 m103 in2014/152.2 m85 in2015/162.1 m83 in2016/172.0 m80 in2017/182.9 m115 in2018/191.7 m68 in2019/201.8 m69 in
- 2020s2020/211.8 m71 in2021/222.3 m92 in2022/231.2 m48 in2023/241.9 m76 in2024/251.6 m61 in2025/262.3 m92 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