SnowOdds

76 winters, day by day

Kasprowy Wierch, Poland. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.

Kasprowy Wierch
Painting of Kasprowy Wierch
Average winter
1.7 m68 in
Snowiest winter
2.9 m113 in
1966/67
Leanest winter
97 cm38 in
2013/14
Powder days a winter
1

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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Winter total
1950/511960/611970/711980/811990/912000/012010/112020/21
New snow in a day
1 cm0.4 in3 cm1 in7 cm3 in15 cm6 in30 cm12 in50 cm20 in

Climate change

One stripe per winter, 1950/51 to 2025/26. Blue winters were colder than this resort’s average, red ones warmer.

Average winter temperature at the summit

Faster warming than 56% of 736 resorts

+2.2°C+3.9°F

The trend: from -8°C17°F to -6°C21°F. Point at a winter to read it.

-10°14°-8°18°-6°21°-4°25°

Snowfall at the summit

−13%

The trend: from 1.8 m72 in to 1.6 m63 in. Point at a winter to read it.

1.0 m39 in1.5 m59 in2.0 m79 in2.5 m98 in3.0 m118 in

Powder days at the summit

−1 day

The trend: from 1 to 1. Point at a winter to read it.

01234

Days with a base at the summit

−32 days

The trend: from 124 to 92. Point at a winter to read it.

050100150

Days with a base in the village

−37 days

The trend: from 119 to 82. Point at a winter to read it.

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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−9%

Then

1.8 m71 in

Now

1.6 m65 in

Snowfall in the village−12%

Then

1.5 m57 in

Now

1.3 m50 in

Powder days at the summit±0 days

Then

1

Now

1

Days with a base at the summit−23 days

Then

120

Now

98

Days with a base in the village−25 days

Then

113

Now

88

Average temperature at the summit+1.2°C+2.2°F

Then

-8°C18°F

Now

-6°C21°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

Most snow in a day
21 cm8 in
11 November 1979
Snowiest winter
2.9 m113 in
1966/67
Leanest winter
97 cm38 in
2013/14
Deepest snow on the ground
131 cm52 in
20 March 2000
Coldest night at the summit
-32°C-25°F
1 February 1956
Strongest gust at the summit
119 km/h74 mph
27 January 2008

All winters

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