76 winters, day by day
Oppdal Skisenter, Norway. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.
Oppdal Skisenter, Norway. 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 96% of 736 resorts
+3.2°C+5.8°F
The trend: from -12°C10°F to -9°C16°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
+16%
The trend: from 2.0 m80 in to 2.3 m92 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
+1 day
The trend: from 2 to 2. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−10 days
The trend: from 172 to 162. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
+5 days
The trend: from 60 to 65. 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+12%
Then
2.0 m79 in
Now
2.2 m89 in
- Snowfall in the village+1%
Then
1.6 m63 in
Now
1.6 m63 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
2
Now
2
- Days with a base at the summit−7 days
Then
169
Now
162
- Average temperature at the summit+2.0°C+3.7°F
Then
-11°C11°F
Now
-9°C15°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
- 1950s1950/511.1 m43 in1951/522.4 m96 in1952/532.3 m91 in1953/541.7 m68 in1954/552.1 m81 in1955/561.9 m74 in1956/572.2 m88 in1957/582.1 m81 in1958/592.1 m81 in1959/601.4 m54 in
- 1960s1960/611.8 m72 in1961/622.2 m87 in1962/631.4 m55 in1963/641.9 m74 in1964/652.7 m105 in1965/661.3 m51 in1966/672.3 m92 in1967/682.9 m113 in1968/691.5 m59 in1969/701.4 m56 in
- 1970s1970/712.0 m78 in1971/722.1 m84 in1972/732.3 m91 in1973/742.4 m93 in1974/751.9 m76 in1975/764.1 m161 in1976/771.9 m74 in1977/781.7 m67 in1978/791.9 m73 in1979/801.5 m59 in
- 1980s1980/812.9 m114 in1981/822.3 m92 in1982/832.6 m102 in1983/842.3 m91 in1984/852.1 m83 in1985/861.6 m65 in1986/872.4 m94 in1987/882.1 m83 in1988/893.5 m137 in1989/903.0 m120 in
- 1990s1990/911.8 m70 in1991/923.2 m125 in1992/932.6 m104 in1993/941.2 m49 in1994/952.5 m97 in1995/961.5 m58 in1996/973.1 m122 in1997/982.2 m87 in1998/991.9 m75 in1999/002.9 m115 in
- 2000s2000/011.5 m61 in2001/022.6 m104 in2002/031.6 m63 in2003/042.0 m78 in2004/053.1 m122 in2005/062.3 m91 in2006/072.5 m100 in2007/082.7 m104 in2008/092.1 m84 in2009/101.6 m62 in
- 2010s2010/112.2 m86 in2011/123.0 m119 in2012/131.5 m60 in2013/141.9 m76 in2014/152.0 m78 in2015/162.0 m78 in2016/173.2 m124 in2017/181.8 m71 in2018/192.0 m78 in2019/203.0 m117 in
- 2020s2020/212.0 m80 in2021/222.9 m115 in2022/232.1 m84 in2023/241.9 m74 in2024/252.5 m99 in2025/261.3 m52 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