Le Valinouet, 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 6% of 736 resorts
+1.0°C+1.7°F
The trend: from -11°C12°F to -10°C13°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
+12%
The trend: from 2.4 m93 in to 2.7 m104 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
+1 day
The trend: from 2 to 4. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
±0 days
The trend: from 153 to 153. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
±0 days
The trend: from 145 to 145. 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+6%
Then
2.5 m97 in
Now
2.6 m103 in
- Snowfall in the village+6%
Then
2.5 m98 in
Now
2.6 m104 in
- Powder days at the summit+1 day
Then
3
Now
3
- Days with a base at the summit−1 day
Then
153
Now
152
- Days with a base in the village−1 day
Then
146
Now
145
- Average temperature at the summit+0.8°C+1.5°F
Then
-11°C12°F
Now
-10°C13°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
- 1950s1950/512.9 m114 in1951/523.0 m117 in1952/532.3 m89 in1953/542.1 m81 in1954/552.6 m102 in1955/562.0 m78 in1956/572.0 m79 in1957/582.2 m87 in1958/592.3 m91 in1959/602.6 m101 in
- 1960s1960/612.3 m92 in1961/622.5 m100 in1962/632.0 m79 in1963/642.3 m89 in1964/651.7 m69 in1965/662.6 m104 in1966/672.5 m98 in1967/682.2 m87 in1968/692.7 m107 in1969/702.3 m90 in
- 1970s1970/712.6 m101 in1971/722.8 m109 in1972/732.4 m94 in1973/743.6 m143 in1974/752.2 m88 in1975/762.8 m109 in1976/773.2 m127 in1977/782.4 m96 in1978/792.7 m105 in1979/801.8 m72 in
- 1980s1980/812.5 m97 in1981/822.7 m107 in1982/832.1 m81 in1983/842.6 m101 in1984/852.6 m104 in1985/862.3 m91 in1986/871.9 m74 in1987/882.3 m90 in1988/892.6 m103 in1989/902.4 m94 in
- 1990s1990/912.8 m112 in1991/922.4 m95 in1992/932.1 m83 in1993/942.5 m99 in1994/952.5 m100 in1995/962.3 m92 in1996/972.9 m115 in1997/981.9 m74 in1998/993.0 m117 in1999/002.7 m107 in
- 2000s2000/012.0 m78 in2001/022.7 m105 in2002/032.0 m78 in2003/042.9 m116 in2004/052.7 m106 in2005/063.0 m119 in2006/072.3 m91 in2007/083.2 m125 in2008/092.5 m97 in2009/101.7 m68 in
- 2010s2010/112.6 m104 in2011/122.5 m97 in2012/132.1 m83 in2013/142.5 m100 in2014/152.4 m95 in2015/163.0 m117 in2016/172.9 m115 in2017/183.1 m123 in2018/193.3 m130 in2019/202.9 m113 in
- 2020s2020/212.0 m78 in2021/223.3 m130 in2022/232.5 m99 in2023/242.0 m77 in2024/252.6 m104 in2025/263.0 m117 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