Le Lioran, France. 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.
Loading the daily snowfall…
Climate change
Average winter temperature at the summit
Faster warming than 49% of 736 resorts
+2.1°C+3.8°F
The trend: from -3°C27°F to -1°C30°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−42%
The trend: from 1.6 m62 in to 92 cm36 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
−25 days
The trend: from 31 to 6. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−11 days
The trend: from 37 to 26. 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−31%
Then
1.5 m58 in
Now
1.0 m40 in
- Snowfall in the village−39%
Then
88.533 cm35 in
Now
54.367 cm21 in
- Powder days at the summit−1 day
Then
2
Now
1
- Days with a base at the summit−15 days
Then
27
Now
12
- Average temperature at the summit+1.3°C+2.3°F
Then
-3°C27°F
Now
-1°C30°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
- 1950s1950/512.5 m100 in1951/521.7 m67 in1952/531.8 m72 in1953/541.2 m46 in1954/551.2 m47 in1955/5660 cm24 in1956/571.2 m46 in1957/581.6 m62 in1958/5991 cm36 in1959/601.2 m46 in
- 1960s1960/611.3 m50 in1961/6299 cm39 in1962/631.9 m76 in1963/6446 cm18 in1964/651.7 m65 in1965/661.4 m54 in1966/671.6 m61 in1967/681.8 m70 in1968/691.5 m58 in1969/702.0 m80 in
- 1970s1970/711.9 m74 in1971/721.7 m67 in1972/731.3 m50 in1973/741.3 m50 in1974/751.3 m51 in1975/7698 cm39 in1976/771.6 m64 in1977/782.0 m79 in1978/791.9 m75 in1979/801.8 m72 in
- 1980s1980/811.9 m73 in1981/821.2 m47 in1982/831.5 m58 in1983/841.5 m59 in1984/851.2 m46 in1985/861.8 m72 in1986/871.1 m44 in1987/881.6 m63 in1988/891.2 m48 in1989/9064 cm25 in
- 1990s1990/911.2 m48 in1991/9290 cm35 in1992/9335 cm14 in1993/942.2 m88 in1994/951.0 m41 in1995/961.0 m41 in1996/9780 cm31 in1997/9895 cm37 in1998/991.5 m61 in1999/001.1 m44 in
- 2000s2000/011.1 m42 in2001/0251 cm20 in2002/0374 cm29 in2003/041.4 m54 in2004/0578 cm31 in2005/061.6 m64 in2006/0758 cm23 in2007/081.0 m39 in2008/091.4 m56 in2009/101.3 m50 in
- 2010s2010/1186 cm34 in2011/1283 cm33 in2012/131.4 m54 in2013/141.6 m64 in2014/1597 cm38 in2015/161.3 m50 in2016/1788 cm35 in2017/181.4 m56 in2018/1983 cm33 in2019/2065 cm26 in
- 2020s2020/211.5 m59 in2021/2290 cm35 in2022/2367 cm26 in2023/2474 cm29 in2024/2556 cm22 in2025/2674 cm29 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