Gudauri, Georgia. 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 3% of 736 resorts
+0.7°C+1.3°F
The trend: from -11°C12°F to -10°C13°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
+9%
The trend: from 2.2 m87 in to 2.4 m95 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
+1 day
The trend: from 3 to 4. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−7 days
The trend: from 156 to 149. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
+2 days
The trend: from 141 to 142. 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
2.2 m89 in
Now
2.4 m94 in
- Snowfall in the village+2%
Then
1.5 m59 in
Now
1.5 m60 in
- Powder days at the summit+1 day
Then
4
Now
4
- Days with a base at the summit−5 days
Then
151
Now
146
- Days with a base in the village±0 days
Then
138
Now
138
- Average temperature at the summit+0.4°C+0.7°F
Then
-11°C13°F
Now
-10°C13°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
- 1950s1950/511.2 m48 in1951/522.1 m83 in1952/532.7 m107 in1953/542.8 m108 in1954/552.0 m80 in1955/562.9 m115 in1956/572.1 m83 in1957/582.5 m100 in1958/591.7 m67 in1959/602.5 m98 in
- 1960s1960/612.1 m82 in1961/622.4 m94 in1962/633.2 m125 in1963/642.5 m97 in1964/652.2 m85 in1965/662.1 m81 in1966/672.2 m87 in1967/682.8 m112 in1968/691.7 m69 in1969/702.4 m96 in
- 1970s1970/712.2 m87 in1971/721.4 m54 in1972/732.1 m81 in1973/741.8 m71 in1974/752.3 m89 in1975/762.4 m94 in1976/772.0 m78 in1977/782.8 m109 in1978/792.2 m87 in1979/802.2 m88 in
- 1980s1980/811.8 m71 in1981/822.8 m109 in1982/832.0 m78 in1983/842.5 m99 in1984/851.8 m72 in1985/861.4 m57 in1986/873.7 m145 in1987/882.6 m103 in1988/892.1 m82 in1989/902.9 m116 in
- 1990s1990/912.1 m82 in1991/921.9 m76 in1992/932.8 m109 in1993/941.8 m69 in1994/952.4 m96 in1995/962.3 m92 in1996/973.0 m116 in1997/981.8 m72 in1998/992.3 m92 in1999/002.1 m81 in
- 2000s2000/011.9 m76 in2001/022.5 m98 in2002/032.3 m89 in2003/042.1 m84 in2004/052.9 m113 in2005/062.8 m110 in2006/072.8 m109 in2007/082.5 m100 in2008/092.2 m87 in2009/103.0 m119 in
- 2010s2010/112.2 m85 in2011/121.8 m70 in2012/132.5 m97 in2013/141.9 m74 in2014/152.5 m97 in2015/162.7 m105 in2016/171.9 m74 in2017/182.2 m87 in2018/192.4 m94 in2019/201.7 m67 in
- 2020s2020/212.9 m116 in2021/221.9 m75 in2022/232.5 m96 in2023/242.4 m95 in2024/252.6 m103 in2025/263.2 m125 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