Kvitfjell, Norway. 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 98% of 736 resorts
+3.4°C+6.2°F
The trend: from -11°C12°F to -8°C18°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
+15%
The trend: from 1.9 m74 in to 2.2 m85 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
+1 day
The trend: from 1 to 2. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−16 days
The trend: from 169 to 153. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
+6 days
The trend: from 50 to 56. 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+9%
Then
1.9 m75 in
Now
2.1 m82 in
- Snowfall in the village−10%
Then
1.1 m42 in
Now
96.1 cm38 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
2
Now
2
- Days with a base at the summit−9 days
Then
166
Now
157
- Average temperature at the summit+2.2°C+4.0°F
Then
-10°C13°F
Now
-8°C17°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
- 1950s1950/512.8 m112 in1951/521.7 m67 in1952/531.3 m52 in1953/541.7 m67 in1954/551.9 m76 in1955/561.3 m52 in1956/571.5 m58 in1957/581.3 m52 in1958/591.8 m71 in1959/602.9 m112 in
- 1960s1960/612.0 m77 in1961/622.3 m90 in1962/631.2 m46 in1963/6490 cm35 in1964/652.0 m77 in1965/661.9 m74 in1966/672.8 m109 in1967/682.0 m77 in1968/692.2 m86 in1969/701.9 m76 in
- 1970s1970/712.3 m89 in1971/722.0 m80 in1972/731.5 m59 in1973/742.1 m83 in1974/752.3 m91 in1975/761.5 m60 in1976/772.4 m96 in1977/782.6 m101 in1978/792.0 m77 in1979/801.5 m59 in
- 1980s1980/811.4 m54 in1981/822.2 m87 in1982/832.0 m78 in1983/841.5 m59 in1984/852.7 m106 in1985/861.8 m70 in1986/872.3 m90 in1987/882.9 m114 in1988/891.9 m76 in1989/902.4 m95 in
- 1990s1990/911.8 m69 in1991/922.0 m78 in1992/932.0 m77 in1993/942.2 m87 in1994/952.7 m107 in1995/9699 cm39 in1996/971.3 m51 in1997/982.5 m98 in1998/992.2 m85 in1999/001.9 m75 in
- 2000s2000/013.4 m135 in2001/021.7 m67 in2002/031.6 m64 in2003/041.9 m74 in2004/051.7 m69 in2005/061.9 m76 in2006/072.2 m86 in2007/083.2 m124 in2008/092.3 m90 in2009/102.2 m87 in
- 2010s2010/111.2 m47 in2011/121.8 m70 in2012/131.6 m64 in2013/143.4 m133 in2014/152.2 m88 in2015/162.3 m89 in2016/171.8 m70 in2017/182.4 m94 in2018/191.7 m68 in2019/202.5 m99 in
- 2020s2020/212.2 m85 in2021/221.1 m44 in2022/232.9 m113 in2023/242.3 m91 in2024/251.4 m53 in2025/261.8 m70 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