76 winters, day by day
Krasnaya Polyana Resort, Russia. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.
Krasnaya Polyana Resort, Russia. 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 4% of 736 resorts
+0.9°C+1.6°F
The trend: from -6°C21°F to -5°C23°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−6%
The trend: from 4.1 m161 in to 3.9 m152 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 11 to 10. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−10 days
The trend: from 151 to 141. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−5 days
The trend: from 114 to 110. 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−2%
Then
4.0 m156 in
Now
3.9 m152 in
- Snowfall in the village−6%
Then
1.3 m52 in
Now
1.3 m49 in
- Powder days at the summit−1 day
Then
11
Now
11
- Days with a base at the summit−7 days
Then
147
Now
140
- Days with a base in the village−4 days
Then
111
Now
107
- Average temperature at the summit+0.5°C+0.9°F
Then
-6°C22°F
Now
-5°C23°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
- 1950s1950/511.9 m75 in1951/524.6 m183 in1952/534.8 m189 in1953/544.7 m184 in1954/552.8 m109 in1955/565.8 m230 in1956/574.0 m158 in1957/585.6 m221 in1958/593.8 m149 in1959/603.5 m139 in
- 1960s1960/613.0 m117 in1961/624.5 m177 in1962/634.7 m185 in1963/644.0 m156 in1964/654.1 m160 in1965/663.5 m137 in1966/673.5 m137 in1967/685.8 m230 in1968/692.6 m101 in1969/703.3 m130 in
- 1970s1970/712.8 m112 in1971/723.8 m150 in1972/733.1 m121 in1973/744.3 m167 in1974/755.1 m202 in1975/765.1 m199 in1976/772.8 m109 in1977/783.5 m139 in1978/794.2 m166 in1979/803.7 m146 in
- 1980s1980/814.5 m176 in1981/824.9 m194 in1982/834.3 m168 in1983/843.3 m130 in1984/853.7 m144 in1985/862.8 m111 in1986/876.8 m266 in1987/884.2 m167 in1988/895.1 m199 in1989/904.3 m170 in
- 1990s1990/912.5 m100 in1991/924.3 m169 in1992/935.1 m200 in1993/943.2 m126 in1994/954.8 m190 in1995/963.9 m154 in1996/974.6 m182 in1997/983.7 m146 in1998/993.2 m125 in1999/004.6 m181 in
- 2000s2000/012.6 m101 in2001/025.2 m203 in2002/033.3 m128 in2003/043.9 m154 in2004/054.9 m193 in2005/064.4 m174 in2006/074.8 m191 in2007/083.8 m149 in2008/093.5 m139 in2009/103.7 m144 in
- 2010s2010/113.6 m143 in2011/123.9 m153 in2012/133.1 m121 in2013/143.1 m121 in2014/153.9 m152 in2015/164.2 m164 in2016/174.6 m182 in2017/183.6 m141 in2018/193.8 m149 in2019/203.0 m119 in
- 2020s2020/213.9 m152 in2021/224.6 m179 in2022/233.0 m119 in2023/244.4 m171 in2024/253.6 m141 in2025/263.9 m154 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