Showdown, United States. 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 12% of 736 resorts
+1.4°C+2.5°F
The trend: from -10°C14°F to -8°C17°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−4%
The trend: from 1.8 m70 in to 1.7 m67 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
+1 day
The trend: from 1 to 1. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−15 days
The trend: from 132 to 117. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−5 days
The trend: from 55 to 50. 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−7%
Then
1.8 m71 in
Now
1.7 m66 in
- Snowfall in the village−7%
Then
1.8 m71 in
Now
1.7 m66 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
1
Now
1
- Days with a base at the summit−14 days
Then
131
Now
118
- Average temperature at the summit+0.9°C+1.6°F
Then
-10°C14°F
Now
-9°C16°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
- 1950s1950/511.8 m69 in1951/521.5 m59 in1952/531.8 m72 in1953/541.6 m63 in1954/551.5 m57 in1955/561.6 m62 in1956/571.5 m57 in1957/581.5 m57 in1958/592.2 m86 in1959/601.5 m59 in
- 1960s1960/611.5 m57 in1961/621.6 m63 in1962/631.7 m67 in1963/642.0 m78 in1964/652.1 m82 in1965/661.4 m54 in1966/672.4 m94 in1967/682.1 m81 in1968/691.5 m58 in1969/702.3 m92 in
- 1970s1970/712.2 m85 in1971/722.1 m81 in1972/731.5 m61 in1973/741.8 m72 in1974/752.4 m93 in1975/762.1 m83 in1976/771.7 m65 in1977/782.0 m79 in1978/792.1 m81 in1979/801.7 m66 in
- 1980s1980/811.2 m48 in1981/822.1 m82 in1982/831.5 m59 in1983/841.9 m75 in1984/851.8 m69 in1985/861.6 m64 in1986/871.3 m51 in1987/881.7 m65 in1988/892.1 m83 in1989/902.2 m87 in
- 1990s1990/912.1 m83 in1991/921.5 m59 in1992/931.6 m65 in1993/941.7 m67 in1994/951.6 m63 in1995/961.9 m73 in1996/972.1 m81 in1997/981.1 m44 in1998/991.7 m65 in1999/001.4 m55 in
- 2000s2000/011.2 m48 in2001/021.2 m48 in2002/031.8 m71 in2003/041.3 m53 in2004/051.4 m53 in2005/061.8 m69 in2006/071.5 m58 in2007/081.7 m68 in2008/091.9 m76 in2009/101.6 m63 in
- 2010s2010/112.6 m101 in2011/121.8 m72 in2012/131.4 m56 in2013/142.3 m90 in2014/151.6 m62 in2015/161.6 m63 in2016/171.5 m59 in2017/182.6 m100 in2018/191.8 m71 in2019/201.6 m62 in
- 2020s2020/211.5 m59 in2021/221.6 m64 in2022/231.9 m74 in2023/241.1 m44 in2024/251.7 m68 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