Sapporo Teine, Japan. 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 28% of 736 resorts
+1.8°C+3.3°F
The trend: from -8°C18°F to -6°C21°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−9%
The trend: from 2.1 m82 in to 1.9 m75 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
−13 days
The trend: from 144 to 131. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−17 days
The trend: from 126 to 109. 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−8%
Then
2.1 m83 in
Now
2.0 m77 in
- Snowfall in the village−8%
Then
2.1 m84 in
Now
2.0 m78 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
2
Now
2
- Days with a base at the summit−7 days
Then
141
Now
134
- Days with a base in the village−8 days
Then
122
Now
114
- Average temperature at the summit+1.0°C+1.8°F
Then
-7°C19°F
Now
-6°C21°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
- 1950s1950/512.0 m80 in1951/521.6 m64 in1952/531.9 m73 in1953/542.2 m86 in1954/552.2 m85 in1955/562.1 m81 in1956/572.0 m80 in1957/582.6 m101 in1958/591.7 m68 in1959/602.0 m78 in
- 1960s1960/611.8 m69 in1961/621.4 m56 in1962/632.0 m79 in1963/641.8 m71 in1964/652.5 m97 in1965/663.0 m116 in1966/671.3 m53 in1967/681.7 m65 in1968/691.8 m72 in1969/702.9 m113 in
- 1970s1970/712.0 m80 in1971/723.0 m118 in1972/732.9 m114 in1973/741.9 m74 in1974/752.4 m96 in1975/761.8 m71 in1976/772.1 m84 in1977/782.4 m96 in1978/792.5 m97 in1979/802.1 m83 in
- 1980s1980/811.7 m68 in1981/822.3 m92 in1982/831.5 m57 in1983/841.7 m65 in1984/852.0 m78 in1985/861.9 m76 in1986/872.3 m89 in1987/882.0 m78 in1988/891.5 m59 in1989/901.4 m55 in
- 1990s1990/911.6 m63 in1991/921.5 m57 in1992/931.9 m75 in1993/942.2 m88 in1994/951.6 m63 in1995/962.2 m88 in1996/971.9 m74 in1997/981.3 m50 in1998/992.0 m78 in1999/002.1 m81 in
- 2000s2000/012.2 m85 in2001/021.6 m63 in2002/031.8 m70 in2003/042.3 m89 in2004/052.3 m92 in2005/062.1 m81 in2006/072.1 m81 in2007/081.7 m66 in2008/092.4 m96 in2009/102.1 m81 in
- 2010s2010/111.4 m55 in2011/122.2 m85 in2012/132.6 m103 in2013/141.9 m75 in2014/152.4 m93 in2015/161.9 m76 in2016/172.2 m88 in2017/182.4 m93 in2018/191.5 m59 in2019/201.8 m71 in
- 2020s2020/211.9 m74 in2021/221.8 m72 in2022/231.6 m61 in2023/241.9 m74 in2024/251.6 m64 in2025/261.9 m73 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