Mount Racey, Japan. 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 60% of 736 resorts
+2.3°C+4.1°F
The trend: from -7°C19°F to -5°C23°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−11%
The trend: from 2.1 m82 in to 1.9 m73 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
±0 days
The trend: from 1 to 1. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−16 days
The trend: from 113 to 97. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−4 days
The trend: from 63 to 59. 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−8%
Then
2.1 m82 in
Now
1.9 m75 in
- Snowfall in the village−7%
Then
2.1 m84 in
Now
2.0 m78 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
1
Now
1
- Days with a base at the summit−7 days
Then
108
Now
101
- Average temperature at the summit+1.2°C+2.2°F
Then
-7°C20°F
Now
-5°C22°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 in1951/521.5 m61 in1952/531.9 m73 in1953/542.1 m84 in1954/552.2 m87 in1955/562.1 m84 in1956/572.0 m77 in1957/582.3 m92 in1958/591.9 m74 in1959/602.1 m83 in
- 1960s1960/611.9 m75 in1961/621.5 m58 in1962/631.7 m69 in1963/641.7 m65 in1964/652.6 m103 in1965/663.0 m117 in1966/671.5 m58 in1967/681.7 m67 in1968/691.9 m73 in1969/703.1 m120 in
- 1970s1970/712.0 m80 in1971/722.5 m97 in1972/732.4 m93 in1973/741.8 m70 in1974/752.6 m100 in1975/761.8 m69 in1976/772.0 m78 in1977/782.1 m84 in1978/792.3 m89 in1979/802.2 m88 in
- 1980s1980/811.8 m72 in1981/822.5 m97 in1982/831.5 m57 in1983/841.6 m64 in1984/851.8 m71 in1985/862.1 m81 in1986/872.5 m98 in1987/882.0 m79 in1988/891.7 m69 in1989/901.4 m55 in
- 1990s1990/911.6 m64 in1991/921.5 m57 in1992/932.1 m81 in1993/942.4 m93 in1994/951.7 m65 in1995/962.4 m93 in1996/971.9 m76 in1997/981.3 m51 in1998/992.1 m81 in1999/002.3 m90 in
- 2000s2000/012.4 m94 in2001/021.7 m65 in2002/031.9 m76 in2003/042.2 m88 in2004/052.4 m93 in2005/062.1 m84 in2006/071.9 m75 in2007/081.3 m53 in2008/092.2 m87 in2009/102.0 m79 in
- 2010s2010/111.6 m64 in2011/121.9 m76 in2012/132.5 m98 in2013/141.9 m73 in2014/152.0 m79 in2015/161.8 m72 in2016/172.1 m81 in2017/182.1 m82 in2018/191.6 m62 in2019/201.6 m63 in
- 2020s2020/212.0 m77 in2021/221.8 m71 in2022/231.6 m63 in2023/241.7 m66 in2024/251.6 m62 in2025/261.8 m72 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