Monterosa Ski, Italy. 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.
Loading the daily snowfall…
Climate change
Average winter temperature at the summit
Faster warming than 46% of 736 resorts
+2.1°C+3.7°F
The trend: from -12°C11°F to -10°C14°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−9%
The trend: from 3.9 m153 in to 3.5 m139 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 10 to 9. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 182 to 180. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−12 days
The trend: from 170 to 158. 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−9%
Then
3.9 m153 in
Now
3.5 m140 in
- Snowfall in the village−14%
Then
1.1 m42 in
Now
92.767 cm37 in
- Powder days at the summit−1 day
Then
10
Now
9
- Days with a base at the summit−1 day
Then
181
Now
181
- Days with a base in the village−8 days
Then
169
Now
161
- Average temperature at the summit+1.2°C+2.1°F
Then
-11°C12°F
Now
-10°C14°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
- 1950s1950/515.2 m204 in1951/522.8 m111 in1952/532.3 m89 in1953/542.8 m109 in1954/554.1 m159 in1955/563.4 m132 in1956/572.4 m94 in1957/584.4 m172 in1958/594.4 m173 in1959/605.2 m206 in
- 1960s1960/613.4 m133 in1961/624.0 m157 in1962/635.1 m200 in1963/643.7 m144 in1964/651.9 m74 in1965/663.7 m144 in1966/672.9 m112 in1967/683.0 m117 in1968/694.4 m171 in1969/703.6 m143 in
- 1970s1970/714.0 m159 in1971/725.8 m230 in1972/732.4 m96 in1973/745.1 m200 in1974/754.2 m165 in1975/763.7 m144 in1976/775.3 m207 in1977/785.8 m230 in1978/794.0 m157 in1979/804.3 m171 in
- 1980s1980/813.1 m120 in1981/823.5 m138 in1982/835.1 m201 in1983/843.4 m133 in1984/853.3 m129 in1985/866.0 m238 in1986/873.5 m137 in1987/883.7 m146 in1988/894.1 m161 in1989/903.2 m125 in
- 1990s1990/913.8 m151 in1991/922.6 m104 in1992/932.9 m115 in1993/943.7 m144 in1994/954.1 m161 in1995/963.0 m119 in1996/973.4 m135 in1997/983.7 m145 in1998/993.5 m139 in1999/003.3 m130 in
- 2000s2000/014.5 m175 in2001/022.3 m91 in2002/033.1 m124 in2003/045.0 m197 in2004/052.7 m106 in2005/062.4 m94 in2006/072.4 m93 in2007/083.1 m122 in2008/096.3 m247 in2009/103.4 m135 in
- 2010s2010/113.1 m122 in2011/123.5 m137 in2012/134.2 m165 in2013/144.9 m194 in2014/154.3 m169 in2015/162.9 m113 in2016/173.3 m128 in2017/185.2 m205 in2018/193.5 m137 in2019/204.4 m174 in
- 2020s2020/212.6 m100 in2021/222.2 m85 in2022/231.8 m72 in2023/245.1 m200 in2024/253.5 m137 in2025/263.0 m118 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