Hafjell, 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 98% of 736 resorts
+3.4°C+6.0°F
The trend: from -11°C12°F to -8°C18°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
+11%
The trend: from 2.0 m80 in to 2.3 m89 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 164 to 149. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
+3 days
The trend: from 52 to 55. 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+7%
Then
2.1 m81 in
Now
2.2 m87 in
- Snowfall in the village−11%
Then
1.2 m47 in
Now
1.1 m41 in
- Powder days at the summit+1 day
Then
2
Now
3
- Days with a base at the summit−8 days
Then
161
Now
153
- Average temperature at the summit+2.2°C+3.9°F
Then
-10°C13°F
Now
-8°C17°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
- 1950s1950/513.2 m124 in1951/521.8 m69 in1952/531.4 m56 in1953/541.9 m74 in1954/552.2 m85 in1955/561.4 m56 in1956/571.6 m63 in1957/581.3 m51 in1958/592.0 m77 in1959/603.2 m124 in
- 1960s1960/612.1 m84 in1961/622.4 m96 in1962/631.2 m48 in1963/6491 cm36 in1964/652.2 m88 in1965/662.1 m81 in1966/673.1 m121 in1967/682.1 m81 in1968/692.3 m91 in1969/702.2 m85 in
- 1970s1970/712.5 m96 in1971/722.2 m87 in1972/731.7 m66 in1973/742.3 m89 in1974/752.5 m98 in1975/761.6 m61 in1976/772.6 m102 in1977/782.7 m105 in1978/792.1 m82 in1979/801.6 m63 in
- 1980s1980/811.4 m54 in1981/822.4 m93 in1982/832.0 m80 in1983/841.6 m62 in1984/852.9 m113 in1985/861.9 m75 in1986/872.5 m98 in1987/883.4 m133 in1988/892.0 m80 in1989/902.4 m95 in
- 1990s1990/911.9 m76 in1991/922.1 m81 in1992/932.1 m82 in1993/942.5 m98 in1994/953.0 m117 in1995/961.0 m39 in1996/971.4 m56 in1997/982.6 m102 in1998/992.4 m94 in1999/002.0 m80 in
- 2000s2000/013.4 m133 in2001/021.8 m70 in2002/031.9 m73 in2003/042.0 m79 in2004/051.8 m72 in2005/062.1 m84 in2006/072.2 m88 in2007/083.4 m133 in2008/092.4 m96 in2009/102.3 m89 in
- 2010s2010/111.3 m51 in2011/121.8 m71 in2012/131.7 m68 in2013/143.7 m146 in2014/152.4 m95 in2015/162.4 m93 in2016/171.9 m76 in2017/182.6 m101 in2018/191.8 m70 in2019/202.7 m105 in
- 2020s2020/212.3 m89 in2021/221.2 m47 in2022/233.0 m118 in2023/242.5 m96 in2024/251.4 m54 in2025/261.9 m75 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