Formigal, 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 50% of 736 resorts
+2.1°C+3.8°F
The trend: from -4°C25°F to -2°C29°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−15%
The trend: from 3.7 m146 in to 3.2 m125 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−2 days
The trend: from 8 to 6. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−36 days
The trend: from 150 to 114. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−57 days
The trend: from 109 to 52. 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−11%
Then
3.7 m146 in
Now
3.3 m129 in
- Snowfall in the village−22%
Then
1.7 m67 in
Now
1.3 m52 in
- Powder days at the summit−1 day
Then
8
Now
7
- Days with a base at the summit−23 days
Then
147
Now
124
- Days with a base in the village−38 days
Then
102
Now
64
- Average temperature at the summit+1.3°C+2.3°F
Then
-3°C26°F
Now
-2°C28°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
- 1950s1950/515.0 m195 in1951/523.9 m155 in1952/533.2 m128 in1953/542.8 m110 in1954/552.6 m104 in1955/562.8 m111 in1956/572.3 m90 in1957/583.7 m147 in1958/593.5 m139 in1959/603.7 m147 in
- 1960s1960/613.5 m138 in1961/623.6 m143 in1962/634.3 m168 in1963/642.7 m107 in1964/654.1 m161 in1965/664.4 m172 in1966/674.2 m164 in1967/684.3 m168 in1968/693.5 m138 in1969/704.6 m181 in
- 1970s1970/713.8 m148 in1971/725.4 m214 in1972/733.4 m133 in1973/743.9 m153 in1974/752.8 m112 in1975/763.1 m123 in1976/773.3 m128 in1977/784.8 m189 in1978/794.5 m176 in1979/803.2 m125 in
- 1980s1980/814.0 m159 in1981/823.9 m152 in1982/833.8 m148 in1983/843.8 m150 in1984/853.3 m130 in1985/864.8 m188 in1986/873.1 m122 in1987/883.5 m136 in1988/893.0 m117 in1989/902.2 m85 in
- 1990s1990/913.1 m122 in1991/922.6 m102 in1992/932.0 m78 in1993/944.1 m163 in1994/952.8 m110 in1995/963.0 m118 in1996/972.7 m106 in1997/983.1 m122 in1998/993.2 m124 in1999/003.0 m117 in
- 2000s2000/013.9 m152 in2001/022.5 m100 in2002/033.9 m152 in2003/043.4 m132 in2004/052.9 m112 in2005/062.9 m113 in2006/072.7 m104 in2007/083.0 m117 in2008/094.4 m172 in2009/103.5 m138 in
- 2010s2010/112.7 m104 in2011/122.5 m99 in2012/135.0 m197 in2013/144.5 m177 in2014/153.9 m154 in2015/163.6 m141 in2016/173.0 m119 in2017/184.5 m178 in2018/193.1 m122 in2019/203.2 m124 in
- 2020s2020/213.1 m121 in2021/223.6 m142 in2022/232.3 m91 in2023/242.9 m114 in2024/252.2 m88 in2025/263.7 m144 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