76 winters, day by day
Ordino-Arcalis, Andorra. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.
Ordino-Arcalis, Andorra. 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 53% of 736 resorts
+2.2°C+3.9°F
The trend: from -7°C20°F to -4°C24°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−14%
The trend: from 2.5 m97 in to 2.1 m83 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
±0 days
The trend: from 4 to 4. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−36 days
The trend: from 151 to 115. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−61 days
The trend: from 131 to 70. 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−10%
Then
2.4 m96 in
Now
2.2 m86 in
- Snowfall in the village−11%
Then
2.4 m96 in
Now
2.2 m86 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
4
Now
4
- Days with a base at the summit−22 days
Then
146
Now
124
- Days with a base in the village−37 days
Then
123
Now
86
- Average temperature at the summit+1.3°C+2.3°F
Then
-6°C21°F
Now
-5°C23°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
- 1950s1950/513.2 m125 in1951/522.5 m96 in1952/531.8 m72 in1953/542.4 m94 in1954/551.4 m56 in1955/561.7 m65 in1956/571.9 m73 in1957/582.7 m105 in1958/592.7 m107 in1959/602.1 m83 in
- 1960s1960/612.7 m105 in1961/622.0 m79 in1962/632.5 m99 in1963/641.5 m59 in1964/652.6 m102 in1965/662.3 m92 in1966/672.5 m100 in1967/682.7 m106 in1968/692.3 m89 in1969/703.3 m128 in
- 1970s1970/712.7 m106 in1971/723.9 m152 in1972/732.3 m92 in1973/742.9 m114 in1974/752.0 m77 in1975/762.2 m87 in1976/772.0 m80 in1977/783.2 m126 in1978/792.8 m111 in1979/802.2 m85 in
- 1980s1980/813.6 m143 in1981/822.5 m98 in1982/832.3 m92 in1983/842.1 m81 in1984/851.7 m67 in1985/862.8 m110 in1986/872.3 m89 in1987/882.1 m83 in1988/891.8 m69 in1989/901.3 m51 in
- 1990s1990/912.5 m98 in1991/922.1 m83 in1992/931.8 m70 in1993/942.9 m114 in1994/952.2 m88 in1995/962.2 m88 in1996/971.8 m72 in1997/981.6 m62 in1998/992.6 m104 in1999/001.8 m72 in
- 2000s2000/012.2 m88 in2001/022.2 m86 in2002/032.6 m102 in2003/042.9 m115 in2004/052.9 m115 in2005/061.9 m74 in2006/071.6 m65 in2007/081.7 m67 in2008/093.1 m123 in2009/102.3 m89 in
- 2010s2010/111.3 m52 in2011/121.8 m72 in2012/133.5 m137 in2013/143.0 m116 in2014/152.5 m98 in2015/161.9 m76 in2016/172.1 m83 in2017/183.1 m120 in2018/191.8 m69 in2019/201.6 m63 in
- 2020s2020/211.7 m66 in2021/222.3 m91 in2022/231.1 m44 in2023/241.7 m68 in2024/251.6 m65 in2025/262.9 m113 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