Ski Vidra, Romania. 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 22% of 736 resorts
+1.6°C+3.0°F
The trend: from -6°C22°F to -4°C25°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−12%
The trend: from 2.1 m81 in to 1.8 m72 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
−19 days
The trend: from 114 to 95. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−5 days
The trend: from 53 to 47. 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−6%
Then
2.0 m79 in
Now
1.9 m74 in
- Snowfall in the village−11%
Then
1.2 m47 in
Now
1.1 m42 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
2
Now
2
- Days with a base at the summit−13 days
Then
109
Now
96
- Average temperature at the summit+1.0°C+1.7°F
Then
-5°C23°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
- 1950s1950/511.7 m67 in1951/521.7 m68 in1952/532.4 m93 in1953/541.7 m67 in1954/553.4 m133 in1955/562.3 m91 in1956/571.6 m64 in1957/582.3 m91 in1958/591.0 m40 in1959/601.9 m73 in
- 1960s1960/6199 cm39 in1961/622.8 m111 in1962/632.1 m83 in1963/641.6 m62 in1964/652.2 m85 in1965/662.4 m93 in1966/672.4 m93 in1967/682.1 m84 in1968/692.1 m84 in1969/702.6 m104 in
- 1970s1970/711.7 m66 in1971/721.5 m59 in1972/731.8 m69 in1973/741.5 m61 in1974/752.0 m80 in1975/762.1 m82 in1976/772.3 m91 in1977/781.7 m67 in1978/791.9 m76 in1979/802.0 m80 in
- 1980s1980/812.4 m95 in1981/822.5 m100 in1982/831.7 m67 in1983/842.4 m93 in1984/852.0 m80 in1985/862.3 m90 in1986/872.1 m83 in1987/882.9 m112 in1988/891.2 m48 in1989/901.2 m46 in
- 1990s1990/912.1 m81 in1991/921.3 m52 in1992/931.7 m67 in1993/941.6 m62 in1994/951.8 m72 in1995/962.4 m94 in1996/972.5 m96 in1997/981.8 m69 in1998/992.0 m77 in1999/002.3 m89 in
- 2000s2000/011.2 m48 in2001/021.2 m46 in2002/031.9 m74 in2003/041.9 m74 in2004/052.3 m90 in2005/062.4 m96 in2006/071.9 m76 in2007/082.3 m89 in2008/092.2 m86 in2009/101.9 m74 in
- 2010s2010/111.5 m58 in2011/121.6 m62 in2012/132.1 m82 in2013/141.5 m60 in2014/152.2 m87 in2015/161.6 m64 in2016/171.6 m63 in2017/181.9 m76 in2018/192.2 m87 in2019/201.5 m59 in
- 2020s2020/212.6 m104 in2021/221.9 m74 in2022/231.9 m74 in2023/241.5 m58 in2024/251.3 m52 in2025/261.7 m67 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