Murray Ridge, 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 85% of 736 resorts
+2.8°C+5.1°F
The trend: from -11°C12°F to -8°C17°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−6%
The trend: from 1.4 m54 in to 1.3 m50 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
±0 days
The trend: from 0 to 0. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−25 days
The trend: from 132 to 107. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−6 days
The trend: from 44 to 37. 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
1.4 m54 in
Now
1.3 m52 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
0
Now
0
- Days with a base at the summit−18 days
Then
131
Now
113
- Average temperature at the summit+1.8°C+3.3°F
Then
-11°C13°F
Now
-9°C16°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
- 1950s1950/511.3 m50 in1951/521.7 m65 in1952/531.2 m47 in1953/541.3 m50 in1954/551.3 m50 in1955/561.5 m57 in1956/571.1 m44 in1957/581.7 m65 in1958/591.5 m58 in1959/601.3 m50 in
- 1960s1960/611.2 m46 in1961/6293 cm37 in1962/631.2 m48 in1963/641.7 m68 in1964/651.5 m59 in1965/661.5 m59 in1966/672.1 m83 in1967/681.3 m50 in1968/6996 cm38 in1969/701.1 m42 in
- 1970s1970/711.6 m64 in1971/721.9 m73 in1972/731.4 m55 in1973/741.8 m72 in1974/751.3 m50 in1975/761.8 m72 in1976/771.2 m47 in1977/7896 cm38 in1978/791.4 m53 in1979/8091 cm36 in
- 1980s1980/811.0 m40 in1981/822.0 m78 in1982/831.1 m43 in1983/8495 cm37 in1984/851.1 m41 in1985/861.1 m44 in1986/871.2 m48 in1987/881.3 m52 in1988/891.3 m52 in1989/901.2 m49 in
- 1990s1990/911.2 m47 in1991/921.5 m59 in1992/9384 cm33 in1993/941.4 m56 in1994/951.4 m54 in1995/961.4 m54 in1996/971.9 m76 in1997/981.0 m39 in1998/991.4 m56 in1999/001.2 m46 in
- 2000s2000/0180 cm31 in2001/021.5 m60 in2002/031.1 m45 in2003/0492 cm36 in2004/0597 cm38 in2005/061.0 m39 in2006/071.8 m72 in2007/081.6 m61 in2008/091.5 m58 in2009/1099 cm39 in
- 2010s2010/111.6 m63 in2011/121.6 m63 in2012/131.4 m56 in2013/141.5 m57 in2014/151.3 m52 in2015/161.1 m44 in2016/1794 cm37 in2017/181.8 m70 in2018/191.5 m57 in2019/201.5 m58 in
- 2020s2020/211.2 m48 in2021/221.3 m52 in2022/231.2 m47 in2023/241.0 m41 in2024/251.2 m48 in2025/261.5 m57 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