Mount Timothy, 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.
Loading the daily snowfall…
Climate change
Average winter temperature at the summit
Faster warming than 57% of 736 resorts
+2.2°C+4.0°F
The trend: from -9°C16°F to -7°C20°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−18%
The trend: from 1.8 m69 in to 1.4 m56 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
−37 days
The trend: from 123 to 87. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−12 days
The trend: from 56 to 44. 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−13%
Then
1.7 m68 in
Now
1.5 m60 in
- Snowfall in the village−13%
Then
1.7 m67 in
Now
1.5 m58 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
1
Now
1
- Days with a base at the summit−25 days
Then
120
Now
94
- Average temperature at the summit+1.5°C+2.6°F
Then
-9°C16°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
- 1950s1950/511.6 m62 in1951/522.1 m82 in1952/531.8 m69 in1953/541.8 m71 in1954/551.7 m66 in1955/561.7 m68 in1956/571.7 m66 in1957/581.8 m69 in1958/591.6 m62 in1959/601.7 m65 in
- 1960s1960/611.5 m58 in1961/621.8 m70 in1962/631.5 m60 in1963/642.1 m81 in1964/652.1 m83 in1965/661.9 m76 in1966/672.0 m78 in1967/681.6 m65 in1968/691.7 m66 in1969/701.3 m50 in
- 1970s1970/712.4 m95 in1971/722.5 m98 in1972/731.5 m60 in1973/742.1 m82 in1974/751.9 m74 in1975/762.1 m83 in1976/771.2 m48 in1977/781.2 m48 in1978/791.3 m50 in1979/801.2 m49 in
- 1980s1980/811.2 m49 in1981/821.8 m69 in1982/831.1 m44 in1983/841.1 m42 in1984/851.8 m70 in1985/861.0 m39 in1986/871.2 m49 in1987/881.3 m52 in1988/891.2 m46 in1989/901.7 m67 in
- 1990s1990/911.8 m71 in1991/921.5 m57 in1992/931.4 m54 in1993/941.9 m75 in1994/951.3 m50 in1995/961.7 m69 in1996/972.0 m80 in1997/981.0 m40 in1998/992.2 m87 in1999/001.6 m62 in
- 2000s2000/011.3 m50 in2001/021.4 m57 in2002/031.0 m39 in2003/041.6 m61 in2004/051.1 m45 in2005/061.2 m48 in2006/071.6 m63 in2007/081.5 m58 in2008/091.6 m64 in2009/101.1 m43 in
- 2010s2010/111.7 m65 in2011/121.6 m65 in2012/131.7 m68 in2013/142.0 m79 in2014/151.3 m51 in2015/161.4 m56 in2016/171.6 m61 in2017/181.9 m76 in2018/191.2 m46 in2019/201.7 m65 in
- 2020s2020/211.6 m64 in2021/221.9 m74 in2022/231.8 m69 in2023/241.1 m43 in2024/251.2 m49 in2025/261.6 m61 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