Järvsöbacken, Sweden. 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 95% of 736 resorts
+3.2°C+5.7°F
The trend: from -6°C21°F to -3°C27°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−18%
The trend: from 1.4 m56 in to 1.2 m46 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 1 to 0. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−52 days
The trend: from 108 to 56. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−8 days
The trend: from 40 to 32. 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−12%
Then
1.3 m53 in
Now
1.2 m47 in
- Snowfall in the village−12%
Then
1.4 m55 in
Now
1.2 m49 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
1
Now
1
- Days with a base at the summit−33 days
Then
97
Now
64
- Average temperature at the summit+2.0°C+3.7°F
Then
-5°C23°F
Now
-3°C26°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
- 1950s1950/511.6 m64 in1951/5287 cm34 in1952/531.3 m52 in1953/541.1 m43 in1954/551.3 m50 in1955/561.6 m63 in1956/571.1 m44 in1957/581.1 m41 in1958/591.6 m63 in1959/601.6 m61 in
- 1960s1960/611.6 m62 in1961/621.4 m54 in1962/6380 cm31 in1963/6467 cm26 in1964/651.1 m44 in1965/662.1 m82 in1966/672.0 m79 in1967/681.2 m46 in1968/691.7 m67 in1969/701.7 m68 in
- 1970s1970/711.5 m60 in1971/721.6 m64 in1972/7386 cm34 in1973/741.3 m52 in1974/751.3 m49 in1975/7689 cm35 in1976/772.0 m79 in1977/781.5 m58 in1978/791.0 m40 in1979/801.1 m44 in
- 1980s1980/811.5 m57 in1981/821.9 m76 in1982/831.3 m50 in1983/841.2 m49 in1984/851.7 m67 in1985/861.7 m65 in1986/871.5 m58 in1987/881.9 m75 in1988/891.1 m43 in1989/901.4 m54 in
- 1990s1990/911.3 m52 in1991/9275 cm30 in1992/9393 cm37 in1993/941.3 m50 in1994/951.8 m71 in1995/9652 cm20 in1996/971.4 m54 in1997/981.5 m58 in1998/991.3 m49 in1999/001.2 m48 in
- 2000s2000/011.2 m46 in2001/021.2 m48 in2002/031.2 m49 in2003/0487 cm34 in2004/0568 cm27 in2005/061.2 m47 in2006/0792 cm36 in2007/081.7 m65 in2008/091.4 m56 in2009/101.0 m41 in
- 2010s2010/111.3 m52 in2011/121.1 m43 in2012/131.2 m46 in2013/141.2 m48 in2014/151.1 m44 in2015/1693 cm37 in2016/1787 cm34 in2017/181.8 m71 in2018/191.3 m52 in2019/201.1 m43 in
- 2020s2020/211.1 m44 in2021/221.0 m39 in2022/231.3 m51 in2023/241.5 m59 in2024/251.0 m41 in2025/2696 cm38 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