Nakiska, 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 13% of 736 resorts
+1.4°C+2.6°F
The trend: from -12°C10°F to -11°C12°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−18%
The trend: from 1.8 m72 in to 1.5 m59 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
−3 days
The trend: from 163 to 160. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−9 days
The trend: from 52 to 43. 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−15%
Then
1.9 m73 in
Now
1.6 m62 in
- Snowfall in the village−20%
Then
1.5 m60 in
Now
1.2 m48 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
1
Now
1
- Days with a base at the summit−5 days
Then
165
Now
160
- Average temperature at the summit+0.9°C+1.7°F
Then
-12°C10°F
Now
-11°C12°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
- 1950s1950/511.8 m69 in1951/521.2 m45 in1952/532.1 m84 in1953/542.9 m114 in1954/551.6 m62 in1955/561.9 m73 in1956/571.8 m70 in1957/581.8 m71 in1958/591.9 m73 in1959/601.7 m68 in
- 1960s1960/611.8 m71 in1961/621.4 m57 in1962/631.5 m60 in1963/642.0 m78 in1964/651.9 m76 in1965/661.8 m72 in1966/672.6 m102 in1967/682.1 m83 in1968/691.8 m71 in1969/701.7 m66 in
- 1970s1970/712.5 m100 in1971/722.6 m101 in1972/732.0 m77 in1973/742.2 m85 in1974/751.5 m61 in1975/761.9 m74 in1976/771.1 m42 in1977/781.6 m63 in1978/791.7 m67 in1979/801.6 m61 in
- 1980s1980/811.3 m52 in1981/821.6 m62 in1982/831.5 m58 in1983/841.1 m44 in1984/851.4 m55 in1985/861.2 m45 in1986/871.2 m47 in1987/881.3 m50 in1988/891.5 m59 in1989/902.0 m78 in
- 1990s1990/911.9 m73 in1991/921.0 m40 in1992/931.5 m58 in1993/941.6 m63 in1994/951.3 m52 in1995/961.8 m70 in1996/971.7 m66 in1997/981.2 m47 in1998/991.6 m63 in1999/001.6 m61 in
- 2000s2000/011.3 m50 in2001/021.7 m68 in2002/031.3 m52 in2003/041.2 m46 in2004/051.2 m47 in2005/061.2 m48 in2006/071.7 m68 in2007/081.4 m55 in2008/091.7 m65 in2009/101.3 m50 in
- 2010s2010/112.0 m78 in2011/122.0 m80 in2012/131.7 m67 in2013/141.9 m76 in2014/151.6 m63 in2015/161.1 m43 in2016/171.8 m71 in2017/181.9 m76 in2018/191.3 m50 in2019/201.9 m75 in
- 2020s2020/211.6 m62 in2021/221.8 m69 in2022/231.5 m58 in2023/242.0 m78 in2024/251.5 m59 in2025/262.2 m85 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