Lachtal, 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 81% of 736 resorts
+2.7°C+4.8°F
The trend: from -9°C15°F to -7°C20°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−9%
The trend: from 2.5 m98 in to 2.3 m89 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
±0 days
The trend: from 4 to 3. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−36 days
The trend: from 147 to 112. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−7 days
The trend: from 62 to 55. 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
2.5 m97 in
Now
2.2 m88 in
- Snowfall in the village−9%
Then
2.5 m97 in
Now
2.2 m88 in
- Powder days at the summit−1 day
Then
4
Now
3
- Days with a base at the summit−24 days
Then
142
Now
118
- Average temperature at the summit+1.6°C+2.8°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 m130 in1951/522.4 m96 in1952/531.5 m60 in1953/541.9 m74 in1954/552.3 m91 in1955/562.0 m78 in1956/572.2 m87 in1957/582.4 m94 in1958/591.6 m65 in1959/602.6 m104 in
- 1960s1960/611.6 m62 in1961/623.1 m122 in1962/632.2 m87 in1963/641.7 m67 in1964/653.3 m129 in1965/662.6 m102 in1966/673.4 m135 in1967/682.2 m87 in1968/691.9 m75 in1969/703.3 m128 in
- 1970s1970/712.1 m83 in1971/722.2 m88 in1972/732.5 m97 in1973/742.6 m101 in1974/753.3 m129 in1975/762.0 m78 in1976/773.0 m118 in1977/782.9 m112 in1978/792.5 m97 in1979/803.2 m127 in
- 1980s1980/812.3 m91 in1981/822.5 m100 in1982/832.7 m107 in1983/842.5 m98 in1984/852.2 m86 in1985/863.2 m124 in1986/872.7 m105 in1987/882.6 m104 in1988/892.2 m88 in1989/902.1 m81 in
- 1990s1990/911.9 m76 in1991/923.5 m137 in1992/932.2 m87 in1993/942.3 m90 in1994/952.6 m104 in1995/962.0 m80 in1996/972.1 m81 in1997/982.3 m91 in1998/992.1 m84 in1999/002.7 m105 in
- 2000s2000/012.6 m104 in2001/022.0 m80 in2002/031.6 m63 in2003/042.6 m100 in2004/052.1 m84 in2005/062.4 m93 in2006/072.1 m81 in2007/082.2 m85 in2008/093.0 m120 in2009/102.1 m83 in
- 2010s2010/111.5 m58 in2011/122.1 m84 in2012/132.7 m107 in2013/142.8 m108 in2014/152.0 m80 in2015/161.9 m75 in2016/171.9 m73 in2017/182.6 m104 in2018/192.6 m104 in2019/202.3 m89 in
- 2020s2020/212.2 m86 in2021/222.3 m89 in2022/232.5 m98 in2023/243.2 m124 in2024/251.5 m58 in2025/261.4 m55 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