Le Massif, Canada. 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
+0.8°C+1.5°F
The trend: from -9°C15°F to -8°C17°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
±0%
The trend: from 2.7 m106 in to 2.7 m106 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
+1 day
The trend: from 6 to 7. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−9 days
The trend: from 138 to 129. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
+1 day
The trend: from 51 to 52. 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±0
Then
2.7 m107 in
Now
2.7 m107 in
- Snowfall in the village−3%
Then
1.8 m72 in
Now
1.8 m70 in
- Powder days at the summit+1 day
Then
7
Now
7
- Days with a base at the summit−7 days
Then
137
Now
130
- Average temperature at the summit+0.7°C+1.3°F
Then
-9°C16°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
- 1950s1950/513.9 m153 in1951/523.6 m140 in1952/532.8 m109 in1953/542.4 m93 in1954/553.0 m117 in1955/562.2 m87 in1956/571.8 m72 in1957/582.9 m116 in1958/592.5 m99 in1959/603.2 m124 in
- 1960s1960/612.9 m114 in1961/622.3 m90 in1962/632.4 m96 in1963/642.1 m81 in1964/651.8 m70 in1965/663.0 m117 in1966/672.3 m89 in1967/681.8 m70 in1968/693.1 m121 in1969/702.2 m88 in
- 1970s1970/712.8 m109 in1971/723.0 m116 in1972/732.8 m110 in1973/743.7 m144 in1974/753.1 m123 in1975/762.9 m116 in1976/773.1 m123 in1977/783.1 m121 in1978/793.3 m129 in1979/801.9 m74 in
- 1980s1980/812.6 m102 in1981/822.8 m112 in1982/832.6 m102 in1983/843.4 m132 in1984/852.5 m100 in1985/862.5 m98 in1986/872.1 m83 in1987/882.2 m88 in1988/892.3 m91 in1989/902.3 m91 in
- 1990s1990/913.3 m131 in1991/922.3 m90 in1992/932.2 m88 in1993/942.8 m111 in1994/952.2 m86 in1995/962.9 m115 in1996/973.4 m132 in1997/982.7 m104 in1998/993.1 m122 in1999/002.5 m98 in
- 2000s2000/012.1 m83 in2001/022.3 m90 in2002/031.9 m76 in2003/042.3 m90 in2004/053.1 m122 in2005/063.1 m123 in2006/072.7 m106 in2007/083.9 m153 in2008/092.8 m108 in2009/102.6 m102 in
- 2010s2010/113.0 m119 in2011/122.2 m88 in2012/132.4 m93 in2013/142.5 m100 in2014/152.3 m91 in2015/162.9 m114 in2016/173.5 m138 in2017/183.1 m123 in2018/193.6 m141 in2019/203.1 m121 in
- 2020s2020/212.2 m88 in2021/223.2 m125 in2022/232.8 m111 in2023/242.1 m83 in2024/252.2 m86 in2025/262.4 m93 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