76 winters, day by day
Gaustablikk Skisenter, Norway. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.
Gaustablikk Skisenter, Norway. 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 94% of 736 resorts
+3.1°C+5.6°F
The trend: from -10°C13°F to -7°C19°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
+12%
The trend: from 2.7 m106 in to 3.0 m119 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
+1 day
The trend: from 4 to 6. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−13 days
The trend: from 167 to 154. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
+3 days
The trend: from 61 to 64. 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
2.8 m110 in
Now
2.9 m116 in
- Snowfall in the village+6%
Then
2.8 m110 in
Now
2.9 m116 in
- Powder days at the summit+1 day
Then
5
Now
5
- Days with a base at the summit−8 days
Then
164
Now
156
- Average temperature at the summit+2.0°C+3.6°F
Then
-10°C14°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
- 1950s1950/514.1 m161 in1951/522.5 m98 in1952/531.7 m67 in1953/542.8 m111 in1954/553.0 m117 in1955/561.6 m65 in1956/572.1 m84 in1957/581.9 m75 in1958/592.2 m86 in1959/604.4 m174 in
- 1960s1960/613.2 m124 in1961/623.1 m120 in1962/631.8 m71 in1963/641.6 m61 in1964/652.5 m100 in1965/662.7 m106 in1966/674.1 m163 in1967/682.7 m107 in1968/692.9 m115 in1969/702.9 m112 in
- 1970s1970/713.4 m135 in1971/723.6 m140 in1972/732.1 m81 in1973/743.1 m120 in1974/753.3 m130 in1975/762.1 m84 in1976/773.5 m136 in1977/783.6 m143 in1978/792.7 m106 in1979/802.4 m94 in
- 1980s1980/811.8 m70 in1981/822.7 m105 in1982/833.0 m117 in1983/842.4 m93 in1984/853.3 m131 in1985/862.6 m104 in1986/872.8 m110 in1987/884.2 m167 in1988/892.6 m102 in1989/903.5 m139 in
- 1990s1990/912.6 m101 in1991/922.6 m103 in1992/932.9 m114 in1993/943.5 m139 in1994/954.2 m165 in1995/961.3 m52 in1996/972.2 m88 in1997/983.5 m136 in1998/993.0 m118 in1999/002.6 m102 in
- 2000s2000/014.6 m180 in2001/022.5 m98 in2002/032.5 m98 in2003/042.8 m112 in2004/051.9 m76 in2005/062.6 m102 in2006/072.9 m115 in2007/084.3 m168 in2008/093.0 m116 in2009/102.8 m111 in
- 2010s2010/111.7 m68 in2011/122.8 m109 in2012/132.2 m87 in2013/145.0 m197 in2014/153.0 m119 in2015/163.0 m116 in2016/172.4 m93 in2017/183.0 m117 in2018/192.6 m102 in2019/203.9 m152 in
- 2020s2020/213.4 m132 in2021/221.8 m69 in2022/234.3 m167 in2023/243.9 m154 in2024/251.8 m71 in2025/262.6 m104 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