76 winters, day by day
Shizukuishi Ski Resort, Japan. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.
Shizukuishi Ski Resort, 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 20% of 736 resorts
+1.6°C+2.9°F
The trend: from -6°C22°F to -4°C25°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−15%
The trend: from 2.8 m110 in to 2.4 m93 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 4 to 3. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−18 days
The trend: from 135 to 117. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−20 days
The trend: from 122 to 101. 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−11%
Then
2.8 m109 in
Now
2.5 m97 in
- Snowfall in the village−14%
Then
1.9 m74 in
Now
1.6 m63 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
4
Now
3
- Days with a base at the summit−11 days
Then
131
Now
120
- Days with a base in the village−12 days
Then
117
Now
105
- Average temperature at the summit+0.9°C+1.6°F
Then
-5°C22°F
Now
-4°C24°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
- 1950s1950/512.6 m102 in1951/522.5 m100 in1952/532.1 m81 in1953/542.1 m83 in1954/553.0 m119 in1955/562.9 m114 in1956/573.2 m124 in1957/583.1 m120 in1958/592.6 m104 in1959/602.9 m114 in
- 1960s1960/612.8 m112 in1961/622.8 m109 in1962/632.7 m107 in1963/642.5 m99 in1964/652.9 m113 in1965/663.3 m130 in1966/672.4 m93 in1967/682.6 m104 in1968/692.5 m98 in1969/703.1 m120 in
- 1970s1970/712.4 m93 in1971/722.9 m115 in1972/732.8 m109 in1973/743.8 m150 in1974/753.2 m126 in1975/762.1 m82 in1976/773.0 m117 in1977/783.1 m124 in1978/792.4 m94 in1979/802.6 m100 in
- 1980s1980/812.7 m107 in1981/822.6 m102 in1982/832.8 m110 in1983/843.2 m126 in1984/852.4 m96 in1985/862.4 m93 in1986/872.9 m114 in1987/882.1 m81 in1988/892.4 m96 in1989/901.7 m67 in
- 1990s1990/912.3 m91 in1991/922.4 m93 in1992/932.6 m104 in1993/942.3 m91 in1994/952.2 m87 in1995/963.0 m118 in1996/972.1 m83 in1997/982.0 m78 in1998/992.7 m105 in1999/003.0 m118 in
- 2000s2000/012.4 m93 in2001/022.9 m116 in2002/032.8 m108 in2003/042.3 m90 in2004/052.4 m94 in2005/062.6 m101 in2006/072.3 m90 in2007/081.7 m67 in2008/092.7 m106 in2009/102.8 m109 in
- 2010s2010/112.8 m108 in2011/122.4 m96 in2012/132.3 m90 in2013/143.4 m135 in2014/152.8 m108 in2015/161.8 m72 in2016/172.4 m94 in2017/183.3 m130 in2018/192.3 m90 in2019/202.4 m95 in
- 2020s2020/211.8 m72 in2021/222.5 m96 in2022/231.8 m71 in2023/242.4 m95 in2024/252.4 m94 in2025/262.4 m95 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