76 winters, day by day
Fernie Alpine Resort, Canada. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.
Fernie Alpine Resort, Canada. 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 25% of 736 resorts
+1.7°C+3.1°F
The trend: from -10°C13°F to -9°C16°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−25%
The trend: from 3.7 m146 in to 2.8 m110 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−3 days
The trend: from 5 to 3. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−9 days
The trend: from 167 to 158. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−26 days
The trend: from 157 to 132. 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−16%
Then
3.6 m143 in
Now
3.1 m120 in
- Snowfall in the village−16%
Then
3.6 m143 in
Now
3.1 m120 in
- Powder days at the summit−2 days
Then
5
Now
3
- Days with a base at the summit−6 days
Then
165
Now
159
- Days with a base in the village−16 days
Then
153
Now
137
- Average temperature at the summit+1.1°C+2.0°F
Then
-10°C14°F
Now
-9°C16°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
- 1950s1950/514.2 m163 in1951/522.6 m103 in1952/534.0 m157 in1953/544.9 m194 in1954/553.4 m133 in1955/564.0 m156 in1956/573.0 m119 in1957/583.3 m129 in1958/594.6 m180 in1959/603.3 m128 in
- 1960s1960/614.2 m167 in1961/622.9 m115 in1962/633.1 m122 in1963/644.3 m169 in1964/653.7 m144 in1965/663.8 m150 in1966/674.8 m187 in1967/683.5 m137 in1968/693.2 m124 in1969/703.1 m121 in
- 1970s1970/714.8 m188 in1971/724.5 m178 in1972/732.9 m116 in1973/744.9 m191 in1974/753.7 m144 in1975/763.8 m150 in1976/772.0 m80 in1977/783.0 m120 in1978/792.8 m109 in1979/802.9 m114 in
- 1980s1980/813.0 m118 in1981/823.6 m142 in1982/833.3 m130 in1983/842.5 m97 in1984/852.7 m106 in1985/862.2 m85 in1986/872.6 m102 in1987/882.8 m108 in1988/893.0 m117 in1989/903.3 m131 in
- 1990s1990/913.9 m152 in1991/922.3 m92 in1992/932.3 m92 in1993/942.7 m105 in1994/952.8 m111 in1995/963.7 m147 in1996/973.7 m147 in1997/982.4 m94 in1998/994.1 m161 in1999/002.9 m113 in
- 2000s2000/012.3 m89 in2001/023.5 m137 in2002/032.9 m113 in2003/042.3 m91 in2004/052.2 m87 in2005/063.4 m135 in2006/073.2 m127 in2007/083.3 m131 in2008/092.9 m113 in2009/102.5 m98 in
- 2010s2010/113.9 m155 in2011/123.9 m152 in2012/133.3 m131 in2013/143.7 m146 in2014/152.6 m103 in2015/162.7 m108 in2016/173.2 m124 in2017/183.6 m141 in2018/192.3 m90 in2019/203.1 m124 in
- 2020s2020/212.9 m115 in2021/223.2 m124 in2022/232.5 m98 in2023/242.9 m113 in2024/252.7 m106 in2025/263.6 m143 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