76 winters, day by day
Grand Targhee Resort, United States. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.
Grand Targhee Resort, United States. 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 9% of 736 resorts
+1.3°C+2.3°F
The trend: from -11°C12°F to -10°C15°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−13%
The trend: from 4.1 m163 in to 3.6 m142 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 6 to 5. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−3 days
The trend: from 168 to 165. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−4 days
The trend: from 165 to 161. 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−9%
Then
4.1 m160 in
Now
3.7 m145 in
- Snowfall in the village−9%
Then
4.1 m160 in
Now
3.7 m145 in
- Powder days at the summit−1 day
Then
6
Now
5
- Days with a base at the summit−2 days
Then
166
Now
164
- Days with a base in the village−2 days
Then
162
Now
161
- Average temperature at the summit+0.8°C+1.4°F
Then
-11°C13°F
Now
-10°C14°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
- 1950s1950/514.3 m170 in1951/524.4 m173 in1952/534.3 m168 in1953/544.3 m170 in1954/553.3 m129 in1955/565.0 m195 in1956/574.3 m168 in1957/584.1 m160 in1958/594.1 m161 in1959/603.2 m127 in
- 1960s1960/613.2 m127 in1961/623.8 m150 in1962/633.3 m131 in1963/644.0 m156 in1964/654.9 m192 in1965/663.4 m132 in1966/674.3 m168 in1967/683.4 m132 in1968/693.9 m154 in1969/704.4 m172 in
- 1970s1970/715.2 m204 in1971/724.6 m182 in1972/733.5 m138 in1973/745.3 m207 in1974/754.4 m175 in1975/764.6 m180 in1976/771.7 m67 in1977/784.6 m182 in1978/794.1 m159 in1979/804.4 m174 in
- 1980s1980/813.1 m120 in1981/825.6 m220 in1982/834.4 m171 in1983/844.0 m156 in1984/853.3 m131 in1985/865.1 m200 in1986/872.4 m95 in1987/883.5 m137 in1988/894.7 m183 in1989/903.0 m120 in
- 1990s1990/913.3 m131 in1991/922.6 m103 in1992/934.5 m178 in1993/943.1 m120 in1994/954.4 m173 in1995/964.7 m183 in1996/975.4 m212 in1997/983.5 m139 in1998/994.2 m166 in1999/003.2 m127 in
- 2000s2000/012.3 m89 in2001/023.0 m119 in2002/033.6 m141 in2003/043.3 m128 in2004/052.7 m108 in2005/064.5 m179 in2006/072.9 m112 in2007/083.9 m154 in2008/094.3 m168 in2009/102.7 m105 in
- 2010s2010/115.2 m206 in2011/123.2 m126 in2012/133.1 m122 in2013/144.6 m181 in2014/153.0 m120 in2015/163.3 m131 in2016/175.1 m199 in2017/184.6 m179 in2018/194.2 m165 in2019/203.6 m143 in
- 2020s2020/213.2 m126 in2021/223.2 m126 in2022/234.0 m157 in2023/243.7 m145 in2024/253.7 m146 in2025/263.3 m131 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