Feldberg, Germany. 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 66% of 736 resorts
+2.4°C+4.2°F
The trend: from -3°C26°F to -1°C30°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−32%
The trend: from 1.7 m65 in to 1.1 m44 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 2 to 1. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−38 days
The trend: from 52 to 13. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−11 days
The trend: from 40 to 28. 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−20%
Then
1.5 m61 in
Now
1.2 m48 in
- Snowfall in the village−20%
Then
1.5 m61 in
Now
1.2 m48 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
2
Now
1
- Days with a base at the summit−21 days
Then
43
Now
22
- Average temperature at the summit+1.4°C+2.4°F
Then
-3°C27°F
Now
-2°C29°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
- 1950s1950/511.6 m63 in1951/521.7 m69 in1952/532.1 m84 in1953/541.3 m52 in1954/551.6 m62 in1955/5690 cm35 in1956/5777 cm30 in1957/582.2 m86 in1958/591.3 m49 in1959/6087 cm34 in
- 1960s1960/611.3 m50 in1961/621.3 m49 in1962/631.7 m68 in1963/6463 cm25 in1964/651.7 m68 in1965/661.6 m64 in1966/671.8 m69 in1967/682.5 m98 in1968/691.6 m63 in1969/703.0 m117 in
- 1970s1970/7177 cm30 in1971/7298 cm39 in1972/731.9 m75 in1973/741.3 m52 in1974/751.6 m65 in1975/761.3 m52 in1976/771.6 m64 in1977/782.4 m96 in1978/791.3 m49 in1979/801.5 m59 in
- 1980s1980/812.4 m94 in1981/822.5 m97 in1982/831.8 m70 in1983/841.9 m73 in1984/851.0 m39 in1985/861.9 m76 in1986/871.5 m59 in1987/881.6 m64 in1988/891.1 m44 in1989/9055 cm22 in
- 1990s1990/911.3 m53 in1991/9299 cm39 in1992/9369 cm27 in1993/941.7 m67 in1994/951.6 m65 in1995/9675 cm30 in1996/9791 cm36 in1997/9889 cm35 in1998/992.4 m95 in1999/001.5 m59 in
- 2000s2000/011.0 m41 in2001/0299 cm39 in2002/0382 cm32 in2003/041.5 m57 in2004/051.5 m59 in2005/062.2 m87 in2006/0777 cm30 in2007/081.1 m44 in2008/092.0 m78 in2009/101.2 m46 in
- 2010s2010/111.3 m50 in2011/121.3 m53 in2012/131.6 m65 in2013/1477 cm30 in2014/151.3 m50 in2015/161.6 m61 in2016/1784 cm33 in2017/181.5 m61 in2018/191.3 m50 in2019/2089 cm35 in
- 2020s2020/211.7 m69 in2021/221.2 m46 in2022/2342 cm17 in2023/2467 cm26 in2024/2563 cm25 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