76 winters, day by day
Kimberley Alpine Resort, Canada. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.
Kimberley Alpine Resort, Canada. 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 20% of 736 resorts
+1.6°C+2.9°F
The trend: from -9°C16°F to -7°C19°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−28%
The trend: from 2.5 m100 in to 1.8 m72 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 2 to 1. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−8 days
The trend: from 165 to 157. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−12 days
The trend: from 160 to 148. 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−19%
Then
2.5 m98 in
Now
2.0 m80 in
- Snowfall in the village−26%
Then
2.0 m77 in
Now
1.4 m57 in
- Powder days at the summit−1 day
Then
2
Now
1
- Days with a base at the summit−6 days
Then
163
Now
158
- Days with a base in the village−8 days
Then
157
Now
149
- Average temperature at the summit+1.0°C+1.9°F
Then
-9°C16°F
Now
-8°C18°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
- 1950s1950/512.9 m115 in1951/522.0 m79 in1952/532.7 m104 in1953/543.4 m135 in1954/552.0 m80 in1955/562.9 m116 in1956/572.1 m84 in1957/582.1 m81 in1958/592.7 m107 in1959/602.3 m90 in
- 1960s1960/612.6 m100 in1961/622.1 m82 in1962/632.1 m84 in1963/642.7 m108 in1964/652.6 m103 in1965/662.9 m113 in1966/673.4 m135 in1967/682.7 m106 in1968/692.6 m100 in1969/702.0 m77 in
- 1970s1970/713.4 m133 in1971/723.2 m124 in1972/731.9 m75 in1973/743.4 m133 in1974/752.5 m98 in1975/762.6 m104 in1976/771.2 m45 in1977/782.2 m87 in1978/791.7 m67 in1979/802.0 m80 in
- 1980s1980/812.1 m82 in1981/822.5 m99 in1982/832.2 m86 in1983/841.4 m56 in1984/851.6 m64 in1985/861.4 m56 in1986/871.7 m69 in1987/881.7 m67 in1988/892.1 m81 in1989/901.9 m76 in
- 1990s1990/912.6 m100 in1991/921.5 m60 in1992/931.5 m59 in1993/941.7 m66 in1994/952.0 m77 in1995/962.7 m105 in1996/972.9 m113 in1997/981.5 m60 in1998/992.7 m106 in1999/001.8 m70 in
- 2000s2000/011.5 m58 in2001/022.2 m88 in2002/031.8 m70 in2003/041.5 m57 in2004/051.6 m63 in2005/062.0 m78 in2006/072.2 m87 in2007/082.0 m77 in2008/092.0 m77 in2009/101.3 m52 in
- 2010s2010/112.7 m104 in2011/122.6 m104 in2012/132.0 m79 in2013/142.3 m90 in2014/151.8 m69 in2015/161.8 m69 in2016/172.2 m88 in2017/182.8 m109 in2018/191.5 m57 in2019/201.9 m76 in
- 2020s2020/211.9 m75 in2021/222.2 m88 in2022/231.8 m72 in2023/242.1 m81 in2024/251.8 m69 in2025/262.5 m97 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