Pal-Arinsal, 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 55% of 736 resorts
+2.2°C+3.9°F
The trend: from -6°C21°F to -4°C25°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−8%
The trend: from 2.4 m95 in to 2.2 m87 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 4 to 3. 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
−49 days
The trend: from 98 to 50. 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−6%
Then
2.4 m95 in
Now
2.3 m89 in
- Snowfall in the village−14%
Then
1.4 m54 in
Now
1.2 m46 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
4
Now
3
- Days with a base at the summit−22 days
Then
146
Now
124
- Days with a base in the village−29 days
Then
91
Now
62
- Average temperature at the summit+1.3°C+2.4°F
Then
-6°C22°F
Now
-4°C24°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
- 1950s1950/513.0 m118 in1951/522.6 m104 in1952/531.7 m66 in1953/542.3 m91 in1954/551.7 m67 in1955/562.1 m82 in1956/571.7 m65 in1957/582.3 m91 in1958/592.9 m115 in1959/602.2 m87 in
- 1960s1960/612.5 m98 in1961/622.2 m87 in1962/632.6 m102 in1963/641.7 m67 in1964/652.5 m98 in1965/662.5 m99 in1966/672.5 m99 in1967/682.5 m100 in1968/692.8 m109 in1969/702.9 m113 in
- 1970s1970/712.6 m103 in1971/723.5 m136 in1972/732.0 m80 in1973/743.1 m121 in1974/751.8 m70 in1975/762.0 m78 in1976/772.2 m88 in1977/783.1 m120 in1978/793.0 m116 in1979/801.9 m74 in
- 1980s1980/813.4 m134 in1981/822.9 m113 in1982/832.0 m79 in1983/842.4 m94 in1984/851.7 m66 in1985/862.6 m104 in1986/872.3 m89 in1987/882.3 m89 in1988/891.8 m70 in1989/901.3 m50 in
- 1990s1990/912.3 m89 in1991/922.1 m81 in1992/931.8 m71 in1993/942.7 m105 in1994/951.9 m76 in1995/962.6 m101 in1996/972.4 m96 in1997/981.8 m71 in1998/992.7 m106 in1999/002.0 m78 in
- 2000s2000/012.2 m88 in2001/022.2 m87 in2002/032.8 m110 in2003/042.8 m108 in2004/052.5 m98 in2005/062.1 m82 in2006/071.7 m66 in2007/081.9 m73 in2008/093.1 m121 in2009/102.3 m91 in
- 2010s2010/111.5 m57 in2011/121.9 m74 in2012/133.2 m126 in2013/142.8 m109 in2014/152.4 m96 in2015/162.1 m81 in2016/172.3 m89 in2017/183.3 m128 in2018/191.9 m73 in2019/202.2 m87 in
- 2020s2020/211.9 m76 in2021/222.6 m101 in2022/231.3 m51 in2023/241.9 m76 in2024/251.7 m68 in2025/262.9 m115 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