Niseko, 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 48% of 736 resorts
+2.1°C+3.8°F
The trend: from -10°C14°F to -8°C18°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−7%
The trend: from 2.3 m89 in to 2.1 m82 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
±0 days
The trend: from 1 to 2. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−13 days
The trend: from 137 to 124. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
+1 day
The trend: from 70 to 71. 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−7%
Then
2.3 m90 in
Now
2.1 m84 in
- Snowfall in the village−7%
Then
2.3 m90 in
Now
2.1 m84 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
2
Now
2
- Days with a base at the summit−6 days
Then
133
Now
127
- Average temperature at the summit+1.1°C+2.0°F
Then
-9°C15°F
Now
-8°C17°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
- 1950s1950/512.2 m88 in1951/521.7 m66 in1952/532.1 m82 in1953/542.2 m85 in1954/552.3 m92 in1955/562.4 m95 in1956/572.4 m96 in1957/582.8 m111 in1958/591.9 m74 in1959/602.2 m85 in
- 1960s1960/612.0 m79 in1961/621.8 m71 in1962/631.9 m73 in1963/641.8 m70 in1964/652.8 m110 in1965/663.2 m126 in1966/671.6 m63 in1967/681.7 m69 in1968/691.8 m71 in1969/703.2 m126 in
- 1970s1970/712.2 m86 in1971/723.0 m120 in1972/732.9 m116 in1973/742.2 m87 in1974/752.7 m106 in1975/761.9 m76 in1976/772.5 m99 in1977/782.4 m93 in1978/792.5 m100 in1979/802.3 m89 in
- 1980s1980/811.9 m75 in1981/822.5 m98 in1982/831.6 m61 in1983/841.9 m75 in1984/852.2 m87 in1985/862.1 m83 in1986/872.5 m98 in1987/882.3 m91 in1988/891.8 m70 in1989/901.6 m63 in
- 1990s1990/911.8 m69 in1991/921.7 m65 in1992/932.0 m80 in1993/942.6 m102 in1994/951.7 m67 in1995/962.5 m97 in1996/972.2 m88 in1997/981.4 m56 in1998/992.2 m86 in1999/002.1 m83 in
- 2000s2000/012.3 m90 in2001/021.8 m70 in2002/031.9 m76 in2003/042.3 m90 in2004/052.5 m98 in2005/062.4 m93 in2006/072.3 m89 in2007/081.8 m72 in2008/092.6 m103 in2009/102.3 m92 in
- 2010s2010/111.7 m68 in2011/122.5 m97 in2012/132.7 m104 in2013/141.9 m76 in2014/152.5 m98 in2015/162.1 m81 in2016/172.3 m89 in2017/182.7 m106 in2018/191.6 m63 in2019/202.1 m82 in
- 2020s2020/212.2 m86 in2021/222.1 m83 in2022/231.7 m68 in2023/242.1 m82 in2024/251.9 m74 in2025/262.1 m81 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