Kreischberg, 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 89% of 736 resorts
+3.0°C+5.4°F
The trend: from -9°C15°F to -6°C20°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−18%
The trend: from 2.1 m81 in to 1.7 m67 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 3 to 2. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−54 days
The trend: from 139 to 85. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−7 days
The trend: from 49 to 41. 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−16%
Then
2.0 m80 in
Now
1.7 m67 in
- Snowfall in the village−33%
Then
89.233 cm35 in
Now
59.8 cm24 in
- Powder days at the summit−1 day
Then
3
Now
2
- Days with a base at the summit−39 days
Then
130
Now
90
- Average temperature at the summit+1.8°C+3.2°F
Then
-9°C16°F
Now
-7°C19°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
- 1950s1950/513.3 m129 in1951/521.8 m70 in1952/531.2 m45 in1953/541.4 m57 in1954/551.8 m70 in1955/561.4 m56 in1956/571.6 m65 in1957/582.0 m78 in1958/591.3 m49 in1959/602.3 m92 in
- 1960s1960/611.4 m55 in1961/622.5 m99 in1962/632.0 m77 in1963/641.2 m48 in1964/652.6 m100 in1965/662.1 m81 in1966/672.6 m100 in1967/681.8 m71 in1968/691.8 m72 in1969/702.8 m109 in
- 1970s1970/711.8 m69 in1971/722.0 m79 in1972/732.0 m78 in1973/741.9 m74 in1974/752.6 m102 in1975/761.6 m64 in1976/772.6 m104 in1977/782.8 m108 in1978/792.0 m80 in1979/802.6 m104 in
- 1980s1980/811.8 m72 in1981/821.8 m71 in1982/832.2 m87 in1983/842.2 m85 in1984/852.0 m77 in1985/862.8 m109 in1986/872.1 m81 in1987/882.0 m79 in1988/891.4 m54 in1989/901.6 m63 in
- 1990s1990/911.7 m67 in1991/922.9 m113 in1992/931.5 m58 in1993/941.8 m72 in1994/951.9 m74 in1995/961.7 m65 in1996/971.3 m52 in1997/981.6 m63 in1998/991.5 m60 in1999/001.8 m70 in
- 2000s2000/012.0 m79 in2001/021.3 m51 in2002/031.1 m44 in2003/042.0 m80 in2004/051.6 m61 in2005/061.9 m74 in2006/071.5 m60 in2007/081.5 m59 in2008/092.7 m105 in2009/101.7 m69 in
- 2010s2010/111.2 m49 in2011/121.3 m52 in2012/132.2 m87 in2013/142.5 m99 in2014/151.3 m52 in2015/161.6 m63 in2016/171.2 m45 in2017/182.3 m91 in2018/191.7 m69 in2019/201.7 m66 in
- 2020s2020/212.1 m81 in2021/221.7 m67 in2022/231.8 m69 in2023/242.3 m91 in2024/251.1 m41 in2025/261.1 m44 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