Les Orres, 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.
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Climate change
Average winter temperature at the summit
Faster warming than 65% of 736 resorts
+2.3°C+4.2°F
The trend: from -10°C14°F to -7°C19°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−15%
The trend: from 2.9 m113 in to 2.5 m96 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
±0 days
The trend: from 6 to 6. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−12 days
The trend: from 154 to 142. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−15 days
The trend: from 139 to 123. 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−12%
Then
2.9 m113 in
Now
2.5 m99 in
- Snowfall in the village−12%
Then
2.9 m113 in
Now
2.5 m99 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
6
Now
6
- Days with a base at the summit−9 days
Then
155
Now
146
- Days with a base in the village−11 days
Then
141
Now
129
- Average temperature at the summit+1.4°C+2.4°F
Then
-9°C15°F
Now
-8°C18°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
- 1950s1950/513.6 m143 in1951/521.9 m76 in1952/531.9 m76 in1953/541.8 m70 in1954/553.4 m134 in1955/562.4 m93 in1956/572.2 m88 in1957/582.9 m114 in1958/593.0 m119 in1959/603.9 m154 in
- 1960s1960/612.4 m95 in1961/623.4 m133 in1962/633.8 m148 in1963/642.1 m81 in1964/651.7 m65 in1965/663.5 m137 in1966/672.3 m90 in1967/682.1 m82 in1968/692.9 m114 in1969/703.2 m127 in
- 1970s1970/713.3 m131 in1971/723.5 m137 in1972/731.9 m76 in1973/743.1 m123 in1974/752.5 m98 in1975/762.5 m100 in1976/774.0 m159 in1977/784.1 m161 in1978/793.6 m143 in1979/803.0 m118 in
- 1980s1980/812.3 m90 in1981/823.3 m130 in1982/832.8 m111 in1983/842.8 m110 in1984/852.8 m109 in1985/863.6 m140 in1986/872.1 m83 in1987/882.6 m101 in1988/892.3 m92 in1989/902.1 m81 in
- 1990s1990/912.3 m92 in1991/921.8 m70 in1992/931.8 m70 in1993/943.1 m123 in1994/952.6 m102 in1995/962.7 m107 in1996/973.0 m120 in1997/982.9 m113 in1998/992.3 m92 in1999/002.5 m100 in
- 2000s2000/013.4 m132 in2001/021.6 m61 in2002/032.6 m100 in2003/042.7 m104 in2004/051.5 m59 in2005/062.3 m92 in2006/071.4 m55 in2007/082.6 m100 in2008/093.5 m137 in2009/103.2 m125 in
- 2010s2010/112.3 m89 in2011/122.4 m94 in2012/133.1 m123 in2013/143.3 m129 in2014/152.3 m89 in2015/162.1 m84 in2016/172.4 m94 in2017/183.8 m150 in2018/192.1 m81 in2019/202.9 m115 in
- 2020s2020/212.2 m85 in2021/221.6 m62 in2022/231.8 m69 in2023/243.3 m130 in2024/252.3 m90 in2025/262.5 m97 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