Lindvallen, Sweden. 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 93% of 736 resorts
+3.1°C+5.5°F
The trend: from -8°C17°F to -5°C22°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−2%
The trend: from 1.6 m64 in to 1.6 m63 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
+1 day
The trend: from 0 to 1. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−28 days
The trend: from 140 to 112. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−2 days
The trend: from 47 to 45. 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−2%
Then
1.6 m63 in
Now
1.6 m61 in
- Snowfall in the village−2%
Then
1.6 m63 in
Now
1.6 m62 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
1
Now
1
- Days with a base at the summit−17 days
Then
136
Now
118
- Average temperature at the summit+2.0°C+3.6°F
Then
-8°C18°F
Now
-6°C21°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
- 1950s1950/512.2 m87 in1951/521.2 m46 in1952/531.3 m49 in1953/541.3 m52 in1954/551.5 m60 in1955/561.2 m48 in1956/571.2 m48 in1957/5882 cm32 in1958/591.7 m66 in1959/602.2 m86 in
- 1960s1960/611.7 m66 in1961/621.9 m73 in1962/631.1 m43 in1963/6476 cm30 in1964/651.9 m74 in1965/662.3 m90 in1966/672.3 m90 in1967/681.7 m67 in1968/691.7 m67 in1969/701.8 m69 in
- 1970s1970/711.9 m74 in1971/721.8 m70 in1972/731.5 m59 in1973/741.7 m65 in1974/751.8 m72 in1975/761.2 m45 in1976/772.2 m86 in1977/781.7 m65 in1978/791.3 m53 in1979/801.4 m54 in
- 1980s1980/811.3 m53 in1981/821.9 m74 in1982/831.5 m57 in1983/841.3 m50 in1984/852.1 m82 in1985/862.0 m78 in1986/871.7 m68 in1987/882.5 m98 in1988/891.7 m67 in1989/901.8 m70 in
- 1990s1990/911.5 m59 in1991/921.7 m65 in1992/931.6 m63 in1993/941.8 m72 in1994/952.2 m86 in1995/9655 cm22 in1996/971.4 m57 in1997/981.7 m65 in1998/991.8 m71 in1999/001.8 m70 in
- 2000s2000/011.9 m74 in2001/021.5 m59 in2002/031.3 m49 in2003/041.3 m52 in2004/051.2 m46 in2005/061.6 m62 in2006/071.4 m54 in2007/082.4 m93 in2008/091.6 m64 in2009/101.3 m52 in
- 2010s2010/111.2 m46 in2011/121.3 m51 in2012/131.1 m41 in2013/142.3 m92 in2014/151.8 m72 in2015/161.5 m59 in2016/171.5 m58 in2017/181.9 m74 in2018/191.5 m57 in2019/201.8 m70 in
- 2020s2020/211.6 m62 in2021/221.2 m46 in2022/231.9 m76 in2023/241.9 m73 in2024/251.1 m42 in2025/261.5 m57 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