Perisher, Australia. Every ski winter from 1950 to 2025.
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 4% of 736 resorts
+0.8°C+1.4°F
The trend: from 0°C31°F to 0°C33°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−20%
The trend: from 51 cm20 in to 41 cm16 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
±0 days
The trend: from 0 to 0. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−10 days
The trend: from 14 to 3. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−4 days
The trend: from 15 to 11. 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 1950–1979Now 1996–2025
- Snowfall at the summit−16%
Then
47.8 cm19 in
Now
40.367 cm16 in
- Snowfall in the village−18%
Then
49.2 cm19 in
Now
40.567 cm16 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
0
Now
0
- Days with a base at the summit−7 days
Then
10
Now
3
- Average temperature at the summit+0.5°C+1.0°F
Then
0°C32°F
Now
0°C32°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
- 1950s195014 cm6 in195163 cm25 in195220 cm8 in195355 cm22 in195419 cm7 in195550 cm20 in195696 cm38 in195729 cm11 in195843 cm17 in195967 cm26 in
- 1960s196056 cm22 in196142 cm17 in196234 cm13 in196321 cm8 in196465 cm26 in196541 cm16 in196659 cm23 in196729 cm11 in196878 cm31 in196945 cm18 in
- 1970s197067 cm26 in197136 cm14 in197259 cm23 in197327 cm11 in197482 cm32 in197541 cm16 in197642 cm17 in197766 cm26 in197861 cm24 in197927 cm11 in
- 1980s198042 cm17 in198199 cm39 in198240 cm16 in198345 cm18 in198457 cm22 in198549 cm19 in198633 cm13 in198761 cm24 in198822 cm9 in198953 cm21 in
- 1990s199087 cm34 in199175 cm30 in199273 cm29 in199323 cm9 in199427 cm11 in199559 cm23 in199651 cm20 in199718 cm7 in199876 cm30 in199919 cm7 in
- 2000s200039 cm15 in200145 cm18 in200229 cm11 in200350 cm20 in200449 cm19 in200571 cm28 in200615 cm6 in200756 cm22 in200840 cm16 in200940 cm16 in
- 2010s201036 cm14 in201132 cm13 in201252 cm20 in201322 cm9 in201436 cm14 in201541 cm16 in201649 cm19 in201751 cm20 in201833 cm13 in201951 cm20 in
- 2020s202029 cm11 in202167 cm26 in202232 cm13 in202312 cm5 in202431 cm12 in202539 cm15 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