Hochzeiger, Austria. 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 47% of 736 resorts
+2.1°C+3.7°F
The trend: from -11°C12°F to -9°C16°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−12%
The trend: from 3.9 m154 in to 3.4 m134 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 8 to 7. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−5 days
The trend: from 165 to 160. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−12 days
The trend: from 164 to 152. 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−8%
Then
3.8 m149 in
Now
3.5 m137 in
- Snowfall in the village−12%
Then
3.1 m124 in
Now
2.8 m109 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
8
Now
7
- Days with a base at the summit−3 days
Then
165
Now
162
- Days with a base in the village−6 days
Then
161
Now
155
- Average temperature at the summit+1.2°C+2.1°F
Then
-10°C13°F
Now
-9°C15°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
- 1950s1950/514.5 m179 in1951/523.6 m143 in1952/533.8 m148 in1953/542.9 m113 in1954/554.0 m156 in1955/563.1 m123 in1956/572.5 m98 in1957/583.9 m152 in1958/592.9 m114 in1959/603.8 m148 in
- 1960s1960/612.9 m114 in1961/624.1 m163 in1962/633.5 m137 in1963/642.5 m98 in1964/654.3 m169 in1965/664.6 m180 in1966/675.6 m220 in1967/684.0 m158 in1968/693.0 m117 in1969/705.4 m214 in
- 1970s1970/712.7 m105 in1971/723.0 m117 in1972/733.8 m148 in1973/744.3 m168 in1974/754.6 m180 in1975/762.8 m112 in1976/774.7 m183 in1977/784.3 m170 in1978/793.6 m142 in1979/804.8 m189 in
- 1980s1980/813.8 m150 in1981/824.6 m182 in1982/833.9 m154 in1983/843.9 m153 in1984/853.3 m130 in1985/863.9 m152 in1986/874.0 m156 in1987/884.3 m169 in1988/893.6 m143 in1989/903.3 m128 in
- 1990s1990/912.7 m107 in1991/924.4 m175 in1992/933.3 m130 in1993/943.6 m142 in1994/954.9 m191 in1995/962.7 m108 in1996/973.7 m146 in1997/983.4 m135 in1998/994.9 m192 in1999/005.1 m200 in
- 2000s2000/014.7 m183 in2001/023.5 m137 in2002/033.1 m123 in2003/043.6 m142 in2004/053.0 m119 in2005/063.5 m136 in2006/072.7 m107 in2007/084.3 m170 in2008/094.0 m156 in2009/102.7 m107 in
- 2010s2010/112.1 m82 in2011/124.2 m166 in2012/133.6 m141 in2013/143.0 m117 in2014/153.4 m135 in2015/163.3 m128 in2016/172.8 m110 in2017/183.8 m150 in2018/194.2 m166 in2019/203.5 m137 in
- 2020s2020/213.2 m128 in2021/222.9 m116 in2022/233.0 m118 in2023/244.6 m181 in2024/252.2 m87 in2025/262.3 m92 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