Geilo, 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 -9°C16°F to -6°C21°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
+23%
The trend: from 2.2 m86 in to 2.7 m105 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
+2 days
The trend: from 1 to 3. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−15 days
The trend: from 176 to 161. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
+7 days
The trend: from 61 to 68. 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+13%
Then
2.2 m88 in
Now
2.5 m100 in
- Snowfall in the village+2%
Then
1.8 m69 in
Now
1.8 m71 in
- Powder days at the summit+1 day
Then
2
Now
2
- Days with a base at the summit−8 days
Then
172
Now
164
- Average temperature at the summit+2.0°C+3.6°F
Then
-9°C17°F
Now
-7°C20°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
- 1950s1950/512.5 m99 in1951/522.6 m101 in1952/531.7 m65 in1953/541.9 m76 in1954/552.1 m83 in1955/561.6 m61 in1956/572.2 m87 in1957/582.0 m78 in1958/591.9 m73 in1959/602.8 m109 in
- 1960s1960/612.4 m96 in1961/622.5 m98 in1962/631.4 m56 in1963/641.5 m60 in1964/652.1 m84 in1965/662.0 m79 in1966/673.3 m131 in1967/682.5 m99 in1968/692.0 m78 in1969/702.0 m77 in
- 1970s1970/712.4 m95 in1971/722.7 m104 in1972/731.9 m74 in1973/742.5 m98 in1974/752.5 m97 in1975/763.1 m120 in1976/772.3 m89 in1977/782.7 m104 in1978/792.4 m93 in1979/801.9 m76 in
- 1980s1980/812.5 m97 in1981/822.1 m84 in1982/833.3 m130 in1983/842.2 m88 in1984/852.5 m99 in1985/862.1 m81 in1986/872.3 m89 in1987/882.6 m101 in1988/893.1 m120 in1989/903.8 m151 in
- 1990s1990/911.8 m70 in1991/922.9 m116 in1992/933.3 m129 in1993/942.6 m103 in1994/953.1 m123 in1995/961.2 m46 in1996/972.3 m89 in1997/982.8 m111 in1998/992.4 m95 in1999/002.9 m113 in
- 2000s2000/013.3 m128 in2001/022.5 m98 in2002/031.9 m75 in2003/042.0 m79 in2004/052.4 m96 in2005/062.0 m78 in2006/073.1 m123 in2007/083.3 m129 in2008/092.3 m91 in2009/102.2 m87 in
- 2010s2010/111.6 m65 in2011/122.7 m107 in2012/131.8 m72 in2013/143.5 m137 in2014/152.6 m103 in2015/162.7 m107 in2016/172.2 m87 in2017/182.7 m107 in2018/192.1 m83 in2019/203.4 m133 in
- 2020s2020/212.4 m96 in2021/221.9 m76 in2022/233.4 m133 in2023/243.2 m126 in2024/252.0 m80 in2025/262.2 m88 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