76 winters, day by day
禾木（吉克普林）国际滑雪度假区, China. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.
禾木（吉克普林）国际滑雪度假区, China. 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 48% of 736 resorts
+2.1°C+3.8°F
The trend: from -21°C-5°F to -19°C-2°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
+11%
The trend: from 1.9 m74 in to 2.1 m82 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
+1 day
The trend: from 2 to 3. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−2 days
The trend: from 181 to 179. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−2 days
The trend: from 180 to 178. 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+4%
Then
1.9 m77 in
Now
2.0 m80 in
- Snowfall in the village−1%
Then
1.7 m67 in
Now
1.7 m66 in
- Powder days at the summit+1 day
Then
2
Now
3
- Days with a base at the summit−2 days
Then
181
Now
179
- Days with a base in the village−2 days
Then
180
Now
177
- Average temperature at the summit+1.3°C+2.4°F
Then
-20°C-5°F
Now
-19°C-2°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 in1952/531.7 m66 in1953/541.8 m71 in1954/552.1 m84 in1955/561.9 m75 in1956/571.9 m74 in1957/582.5 m100 in1958/591.7 m65 in1959/602.1 m82 in
- 1960s1960/611.6 m61 in1961/621.6 m63 in1962/632.0 m77 in1963/641.8 m72 in1964/651.5 m58 in1965/662.7 m104 in1966/671.6 m63 in1967/681.7 m69 in1968/692.8 m108 in1969/701.4 m55 in
- 1970s1970/712.4 m95 in1971/722.6 m104 in1972/732.5 m96 in1973/741.4 m53 in1974/752.3 m89 in1975/761.9 m76 in1976/771.8 m69 in1977/781.5 m57 in1978/792.6 m103 in1979/801.7 m67 in
- 1980s1980/812.1 m82 in1981/821.1 m43 in1982/831.3 m50 in1983/841.6 m63 in1984/851.9 m74 in1985/861.6 m61 in1986/872.0 m79 in1987/882.8 m110 in1988/891.9 m76 in1989/902.1 m81 in
- 1990s1990/912.3 m89 in1991/922.1 m82 in1992/932.6 m103 in1993/942.4 m96 in1994/952.3 m89 in1995/961.8 m70 in1996/972.1 m84 in1997/982.5 m96 in1998/992.4 m96 in1999/001.4 m54 in
- 2000s2000/012.8 m109 in2001/021.7 m67 in2002/031.8 m69 in2003/041.9 m76 in2004/052.0 m78 in2005/062.3 m91 in2006/071.2 m46 in2007/081.9 m73 in2008/091.7 m68 in2009/102.9 m115 in
- 2010s2010/111.8 m69 in2011/121.3 m49 in2012/132.5 m98 in2013/141.6 m65 in2014/151.8 m70 in2015/162.6 m102 in2016/172.0 m78 in2017/182.1 m84 in2018/191.7 m66 in2019/201.6 m65 in
- 2020s2020/211.6 m64 in2021/222.2 m88 in2022/232.7 m107 in2023/242.9 m114 in2024/252.0 m77 in2025/261.9 m76 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