76 winters, day by day
Selwyn Snow Resort, Australia. Every ski winter from 1950 to 2025.
Selwyn Snow Resort, 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 2% of 736 resorts
+0.6°C+1.1°F
The trend: from 2°C36°F to 3°C37°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
+5%
The trend: from 86 cm34 in to 91 cm36 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
+1 day
The trend: from 1 to 2. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−3 days
The trend: from 4 to 1. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−3 days
The trend: from 20 to 18. 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±0
Then
84.967 cm33 in
Now
84.667 cm33 in
- Snowfall in the village−15%
Then
1.2 m49 in
Now
1.1 m42 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
1
Now
2
- Days with a base at the summit−2 days
Then
3
Now
1
- Average temperature at the summit+0.4°C+0.8°F
Then
3°C37°F
Now
3°C37°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
- 1950s195021 cm8 in195198 cm39 in195239 cm15 in195384 cm33 in195443 cm17 in19551.1 m44 in19561.8 m69 in195749 cm19 in195880 cm31 in195968 cm27 in
- 1960s196078 cm31 in196142 cm17 in196245 cm18 in196358 cm23 in19641.4 m54 in196553 cm21 in196698 cm39 in196754 cm21 in19681.7 m65 in196980 cm31 in
- 1970s197099 cm39 in197196 cm38 in19721.5 m61 in197337 cm15 in19741.1 m44 in197584 cm33 in197686 cm34 in19771.1 m44 in19781.2 m46 in197974 cm29 in
- 1980s19801.1 m42 in19812.4 m96 in198242 cm17 in198366 cm26 in198488 cm35 in198586 cm34 in198676 cm30 in198772 cm28 in198839 cm15 in19891.1 m42 in
- 1990s19901.9 m75 in19911.5 m60 in19921.3 m50 in199328 cm11 in199472 cm28 in19951.2 m46 in199689 cm35 in199737 cm15 in199892 cm36 in199954 cm21 in
- 2000s20001.1 m42 in20011.2 m47 in200271 cm28 in20031.1 m44 in20041.1 m44 in200599 cm39 in200620 cm8 in200783 cm33 in200879 cm31 in200974 cm29 in
- 2010s201089 cm35 in20111.0 m40 in201288 cm35 in201368 cm27 in201490 cm35 in201561 cm24 in20161.2 m46 in20171.3 m49 in20181.1 m41 in20191.1 m42 in
- 2020s202075 cm30 in20211.0 m41 in202264 cm25 in202355 cm22 in202452 cm20 in202591 cm36 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