Hemsedal, 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 92% of 736 resorts
+3.1°C+5.5°F
The trend: from -12°C10°F to -9°C15°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
+25%
The trend: from 2.2 m86 in to 2.7 m107 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
+1 day
The trend: from 1 to 3. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−12 days
The trend: from 179 to 168. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−8 days
The trend: from 179 to 171. 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+15%
Then
2.3 m89 in
Now
2.6 m102 in
- Snowfall in the village+4%
Then
1.8 m69 in
Now
1.8 m71 in
- Powder days at the summit+1 day
Then
1
Now
2
- Days with a base at the summit−6 days
Then
176
Now
170
- Days with a base in the village−4 days
Then
177
Now
173
- Average temperature at the summit+2.0°C+3.5°F
Then
-12°C11°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
- 1950s1950/512.7 m105 in1951/522.5 m99 in1952/531.6 m64 in1953/542.0 m78 in1954/552.2 m85 in1955/561.6 m61 in1956/572.1 m82 in1957/582.0 m80 in1958/592.0 m77 in1959/603.0 m118 in
- 1960s1960/612.4 m95 in1961/622.5 m98 in1962/631.4 m54 in1963/641.4 m57 in1964/652.2 m85 in1965/662.0 m78 in1966/673.3 m129 in1967/682.5 m97 in1968/692.1 m82 in1969/702.0 m79 in
- 1970s1970/712.5 m97 in1971/722.7 m106 in1972/731.9 m74 in1973/742.5 m99 in1974/752.5 m98 in1975/762.8 m111 in1976/772.4 m95 in1977/782.8 m109 in1978/792.4 m94 in1979/801.9 m76 in
- 1980s1980/812.3 m92 in1981/822.2 m86 in1982/833.2 m128 in1983/842.2 m85 in1984/852.7 m105 in1985/862.1 m82 in1986/872.5 m96 in1987/882.7 m106 in1988/893.1 m120 in1989/903.8 m148 in
- 1990s1990/911.8 m72 in1991/922.9 m113 in1992/933.1 m121 in1993/942.6 m104 in1994/953.2 m126 in1995/961.2 m48 in1996/972.1 m81 in1997/983.1 m120 in1998/992.5 m98 in1999/002.9 m112 in
- 2000s2000/013.5 m139 in2001/022.5 m99 in2002/031.9 m74 in2003/042.1 m83 in2004/052.3 m92 in2005/062.1 m82 in2006/073.1 m122 in2007/083.4 m135 in2008/092.4 m94 in2009/102.3 m92 in
- 2010s2010/111.6 m64 in2011/122.7 m106 in2012/131.9 m76 in2013/143.6 m143 in2014/152.6 m102 in2015/162.8 m108 in2016/172.2 m87 in2017/182.8 m111 in2018/192.2 m88 in2019/203.4 m134 in
- 2020s2020/212.6 m104 in2021/221.9 m74 in2022/233.6 m141 in2023/243.2 m124 in2024/252.0 m78 in2025/262.3 m89 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