Ski Geilo, Norway. 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 93% of 736 resorts
+3.1°C+5.6°F
The trend: from -10°C14°F to -7°C19°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
+25%
The trend: from 2.5 m97 in to 3.1 m121 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
+2 days
The trend: from 2 to 4. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−15 days
The trend: from 173 to 158. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
+9 days
The trend: from 66 to 74. 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+15%
Then
2.5 m100 in
Now
2.9 m115 in
- Snowfall in the village+5%
Then
2.0 m79 in
Now
2.1 m84 in
- Powder days at the summit+1 day
Then
2
Now
3
- Days with a base at the summit−8 days
Then
170
Now
161
- Average temperature at the summit+2.0°C+3.6°F
Then
-9°C15°F
Now
-8°C18°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
- 1950s1950/512.8 m109 in1951/523.0 m117 in1952/532.0 m77 in1953/542.2 m88 in1954/552.4 m94 in1955/561.7 m68 in1956/572.5 m99 in1957/582.3 m91 in1958/592.2 m87 in1959/603.2 m126 in
- 1960s1960/612.8 m109 in1961/622.9 m114 in1962/631.6 m62 in1963/641.7 m67 in1964/652.6 m101 in1965/662.1 m81 in1966/673.7 m145 in1967/682.9 m112 in1968/692.2 m88 in1969/702.1 m83 in
- 1970s1970/712.8 m112 in1971/723.0 m117 in1972/732.3 m92 in1973/742.9 m115 in1974/752.8 m108 in1975/763.2 m125 in1976/772.5 m100 in1977/783.0 m118 in1978/792.6 m102 in1979/802.1 m82 in
- 1980s1980/812.8 m110 in1981/822.5 m97 in1982/833.9 m154 in1983/842.5 m98 in1984/852.9 m114 in1985/862.3 m91 in1986/872.7 m106 in1987/882.9 m115 in1988/893.6 m140 in1989/904.6 m180 in
- 1990s1990/912.2 m85 in1991/923.3 m129 in1992/933.6 m142 in1993/943.0 m119 in1994/953.7 m147 in1995/961.3 m52 in1996/972.5 m96 in1997/983.5 m137 in1998/992.8 m108 in1999/003.4 m134 in
- 2000s2000/013.7 m146 in2001/023.0 m119 in2002/032.1 m81 in2003/042.4 m93 in2004/052.6 m102 in2005/062.1 m84 in2006/073.7 m145 in2007/083.8 m151 in2008/092.6 m101 in2009/102.5 m100 in
- 2010s2010/111.9 m74 in2011/123.1 m124 in2012/132.3 m91 in2013/144.1 m163 in2014/153.1 m120 in2015/163.1 m121 in2016/172.6 m104 in2017/183.0 m120 in2018/192.4 m96 in2019/204.0 m156 in
- 2020s2020/212.9 m114 in2021/222.2 m87 in2022/233.9 m154 in2023/243.5 m136 in2024/252.2 m87 in2025/262.6 m100 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