Parâng, Romania. 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 37% of 736 resorts
+1.9°C+3.5°F
The trend: from -5°C22°F to -4°C26°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−14%
The trend: from 2.0 m79 in to 1.7 m68 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
±0 days
The trend: from 2 to 2. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−31 days
The trend: from 101 to 70. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−35 days
The trend: from 76 to 42. 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
1.9 m76 in
Now
1.8 m70 in
- Snowfall in the village−7%
Then
2.0 m77 in
Now
1.8 m71 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
2
Now
2
- Days with a base at the summit−19 days
Then
93
Now
74
- Days with a base in the village−22 days
Then
67
Now
44
- Average temperature at the summit+1.2°C+2.1°F
Then
-5°C23°F
Now
-4°C25°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
- 1950s1950/511.7 m66 in1951/521.8 m71 in1952/532.2 m88 in1953/541.6 m64 in1954/553.1 m122 in1955/562.2 m85 in1956/571.5 m59 in1957/582.2 m88 in1958/5999 cm39 in1959/601.7 m68 in
- 1960s1960/6194 cm37 in1961/622.7 m106 in1962/632.0 m80 in1963/641.5 m61 in1964/652.1 m83 in1965/662.2 m88 in1966/672.3 m90 in1967/682.2 m88 in1968/692.0 m79 in1969/702.5 m99 in
- 1970s1970/711.7 m66 in1971/721.5 m59 in1972/731.7 m68 in1973/741.5 m60 in1974/752.0 m78 in1975/762.1 m81 in1976/772.2 m86 in1977/781.7 m66 in1978/791.8 m72 in1979/801.9 m75 in
- 1980s1980/812.3 m89 in1981/822.5 m98 in1982/831.8 m69 in1983/842.2 m85 in1984/852.0 m77 in1985/862.3 m89 in1986/872.2 m85 in1987/882.7 m106 in1988/891.2 m49 in1989/901.2 m45 in
- 1990s1990/911.9 m75 in1991/921.4 m54 in1992/931.6 m63 in1993/941.5 m61 in1994/951.7 m67 in1995/962.2 m87 in1996/972.3 m91 in1997/981.6 m62 in1998/991.9 m76 in1999/002.2 m87 in
- 2000s2000/011.2 m46 in2001/021.1 m43 in2002/031.8 m70 in2003/041.8 m72 in2004/052.3 m90 in2005/062.4 m94 in2006/071.8 m72 in2007/082.1 m84 in2008/092.2 m85 in2009/101.8 m72 in
- 2010s2010/111.3 m53 in2011/121.6 m62 in2012/132.1 m82 in2013/141.4 m54 in2014/152.1 m81 in2015/161.5 m58 in2016/171.4 m56 in2017/181.9 m75 in2018/192.1 m81 in2019/201.5 m58 in
- 2020s2020/212.4 m95 in2021/221.8 m69 in2022/231.8 m70 in2023/241.4 m56 in2024/251.2 m47 in2025/261.6 m64 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