Muntele Mic, Romania. 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 30% of 736 resorts
+1.9°C+3.3°F
The trend: from -5°C24°F to -3°C27°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−15%
The trend: from 2.2 m86 in to 1.9 m73 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
±0 days
The trend: from 3 to 3. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−23 days
The trend: from 120 to 97. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−32 days
The trend: from 100 to 68. 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 m76 in
- Snowfall in the village−8%
Then
2.1 m81 in
Now
1.9 m75 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
3
Now
3
- Days with a base at the summit−16 days
Then
116
Now
99
- Days with a base in the village−20 days
Then
94
Now
74
- Average temperature at the summit+1.1°C+1.9°F
Then
-4°C25°F
Now
-3°C27°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
- 1950s1950/511.7 m65 in1951/521.9 m76 in1952/532.4 m93 in1953/541.7 m67 in1954/552.8 m108 in1955/562.3 m92 in1956/571.8 m72 in1957/582.4 m96 in1958/591.2 m49 in1959/601.4 m57 in
- 1960s1960/6197 cm38 in1961/622.9 m114 in1962/632.5 m98 in1963/642.0 m77 in1964/652.2 m87 in1965/662.2 m85 in1966/672.7 m107 in1967/682.8 m111 in1968/692.4 m93 in1969/702.9 m115 in
- 1970s1970/711.9 m74 in1971/721.7 m66 in1972/731.5 m60 in1973/741.7 m67 in1974/752.3 m91 in1975/762.5 m100 in1976/772.3 m91 in1977/782.0 m78 in1978/791.7 m68 in1979/802.0 m79 in
- 1980s1980/812.3 m92 in1981/822.7 m106 in1982/831.8 m71 in1983/842.3 m92 in1984/852.4 m95 in1985/863.1 m123 in1986/872.8 m110 in1987/882.8 m108 in1988/891.6 m63 in1989/901.1 m45 in
- 1990s1990/911.8 m69 in1991/921.3 m52 in1992/931.7 m69 in1993/941.6 m63 in1994/951.5 m60 in1995/962.3 m92 in1996/972.3 m89 in1997/981.6 m61 in1998/992.2 m86 in1999/003.1 m120 in
- 2000s2000/011.3 m51 in2001/021.2 m45 in2002/031.9 m73 in2003/041.9 m74 in2004/052.8 m110 in2005/062.9 m115 in2006/071.9 m75 in2007/082.4 m94 in2008/092.5 m97 in2009/102.1 m81 in
- 2010s2010/111.4 m55 in2011/122.1 m82 in2012/132.4 m96 in2013/141.1 m43 in2014/152.1 m82 in2015/161.4 m56 in2016/171.5 m58 in2017/182.1 m83 in2018/192.1 m82 in2019/201.5 m57 in
- 2020s2020/212.2 m87 in2021/222.0 m80 in2022/231.7 m67 in2023/241.6 m62 in2024/251.3 m49 in2025/261.8 m70 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