Mont Orford, 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 23% of 736 resorts
+1.7°C+3.0°F
The trend: from -8°C17°F to -7°C20°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−8%
The trend: from 2.0 m79 in to 1.9 m73 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 3 to 2. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−35 days
The trend: from 102 to 67. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 49 to 48. 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−5%
Then
2.0 m79 in
Now
1.9 m75 in
- Snowfall in the village−5%
Then
2.0 m79 in
Now
1.9 m75 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
3
Now
3
- Days with a base at the summit−21 days
Then
98
Now
77
- Average temperature at the summit+1.2°C+2.2°F
Then
-8°C18°F
Now
-7°C20°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
- 1950s1950/512.0 m78 in1951/522.2 m87 in1952/531.9 m74 in1953/542.0 m80 in1954/552.2 m86 in1955/562.1 m83 in1956/571.5 m57 in1957/582.5 m100 in1958/592.2 m87 in1959/602.1 m81 in
- 1960s1960/611.8 m72 in1961/622.2 m86 in1962/632.3 m89 in1963/641.3 m49 in1964/651.3 m50 in1965/661.8 m72 in1966/671.6 m61 in1967/681.5 m60 in1968/692.4 m94 in1969/702.1 m81 in
- 1970s1970/712.5 m100 in1971/722.4 m94 in1972/732.3 m90 in1973/742.3 m92 in1974/752.2 m88 in1975/762.5 m99 in1976/772.1 m83 in1977/782.1 m84 in1978/792.0 m79 in1979/801.0 m41 in
- 1980s1980/811.4 m56 in1981/822.4 m93 in1982/831.5 m59 in1983/842.0 m77 in1984/851.9 m76 in1985/861.8 m70 in1986/871.8 m69 in1987/881.6 m64 in1988/891.9 m74 in1989/901.8 m70 in
- 1990s1990/911.6 m64 in1991/921.7 m66 in1992/932.0 m77 in1993/942.3 m89 in1994/951.4 m54 in1995/962.0 m80 in1996/972.3 m91 in1997/981.9 m75 in1998/991.7 m69 in1999/002.1 m83 in
- 2000s2000/012.2 m86 in2001/021.8 m72 in2002/031.8 m72 in2003/042.1 m82 in2004/051.6 m62 in2005/061.5 m61 in2006/072.2 m87 in2007/082.7 m106 in2008/091.7 m67 in2009/101.8 m69 in
- 2010s2010/112.2 m85 in2011/121.3 m51 in2012/131.6 m65 in2013/141.8 m71 in2014/152.1 m81 in2015/161.4 m56 in2016/172.0 m80 in2017/182.0 m80 in2018/192.5 m98 in2019/202.0 m79 in
- 2020s2020/211.6 m62 in2021/221.7 m68 in2022/231.9 m75 in2023/241.8 m71 in2024/252.0 m78 in2025/261.9 m74 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