76 winters, day by day
Lienzer Bergbahnen, Austria. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.
Lienzer Bergbahnen, 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 50% of 736 resorts
+2.1°C+3.8°F
The trend: from -9°C16°F to -7°C20°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−14%
The trend: from 3.3 m128 in to 2.8 m109 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 8 to 7. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−19 days
The trend: from 168 to 149. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−23 days
The trend: from 162 to 139. 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−14%
Then
3.3 m130 in
Now
2.8 m112 in
- Snowfall in the village−39%
Then
67.3 cm26 in
Now
40.867 cm16 in
- Powder days at the summit−1 day
Then
8
Now
7
- Days with a base at the summit−10 days
Then
163
Now
153
- Days with a base in the village−14 days
Then
157
Now
143
- Average temperature at the summit+1.2°C+2.1°F
Then
-8°C17°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
- 1950s1950/516.7 m264 in1951/522.1 m81 in1952/531.9 m74 in1953/542.0 m79 in1954/552.5 m98 in1955/562.3 m89 in1956/572.5 m97 in1957/583.3 m131 in1958/592.8 m108 in1959/604.2 m166 in
- 1960s1960/612.6 m101 in1961/624.0 m159 in1962/632.9 m113 in1963/642.4 m93 in1964/653.7 m144 in1965/662.7 m107 in1966/673.8 m151 in1967/683.2 m124 in1968/692.7 m107 in1969/703.7 m146 in
- 1970s1970/713.1 m121 in1971/723.8 m149 in1972/732.8 m109 in1973/743.2 m127 in1974/754.3 m170 in1975/762.9 m113 in1976/775.0 m195 in1977/784.4 m171 in1978/794.3 m168 in1979/803.7 m144 in
- 1980s1980/812.3 m89 in1981/822.3 m91 in1982/832.8 m111 in1983/843.1 m121 in1984/853.4 m133 in1985/863.9 m154 in1986/873.0 m120 in1987/883.0 m119 in1988/892.9 m113 in1989/902.5 m97 in
- 1990s1990/912.9 m112 in1991/924.2 m164 in1992/932.3 m92 in1993/942.3 m91 in1994/952.4 m93 in1995/961.8 m72 in1996/972.0 m80 in1997/982.6 m104 in1998/992.7 m104 in1999/002.5 m98 in
- 2000s2000/014.6 m180 in2001/022.1 m84 in2002/031.9 m76 in2003/043.0 m118 in2004/052.0 m79 in2005/062.6 m104 in2006/072.3 m90 in2007/082.7 m105 in2008/094.8 m187 in2009/103.1 m122 in
- 2010s2010/112.6 m102 in2011/121.9 m73 in2012/133.0 m119 in2013/145.5 m215 in2014/152.0 m78 in2015/162.9 m114 in2016/171.8 m70 in2017/183.5 m138 in2018/192.9 m115 in2019/203.6 m141 in
- 2020s2020/214.4 m174 in2021/222.3 m91 in2022/232.6 m101 in2023/243.8 m148 in2024/251.9 m74 in2025/261.8 m70 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