SnowOdds

76 winters, day by day

Smučišča Mariborsko Pohorje, Slovenia. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.

Painting of Smučišča Mariborsko Pohorje
Average winter
1.1 m41 in
Snowiest winter
2.7 m104 in
Leanest winter
24 cm9 in
Powder days a winter
2

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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Winter total
1950/511960/611970/711980/811990/912000/012010/112020/21
New snow in a day
1 cm0.4 in3 cm1 in7 cm3 in15 cm6 in30 cm12 in50 cm20 in

Climate change

One stripe per winter, 1950/51 to 2025/26. Blue winters were colder than this resort’s average, red ones warmer.

Average winter temperature at the summit

Faster warming than 81% of 736 resorts

+2.7°C+4.9°F

The trend: from -4°C25°F to -1°C30°F. Point at a winter to read it.

-6°21°-4°25°-2°28°0°32°

Snowfall at the summit

−35%

The trend: from 1.3 m50 in to 83 cm33 in. Point at a winter to read it.

0 cm0 in1.0 m39 in2.0 m79 in

Powder days at the summit

±0 days

The trend: from 2 to 2. Point at a winter to read it.

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Days with a base at the summit

−27 days

The trend: from 34 to 7. Point at a winter to read it.

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Days with a base in the village

−18 days

The trend: from 21 to 3. Point at a winter to read it.

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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−26%

Then

1.2 m46 in

Now

86.033 cm34 in

Snowfall in the village−36%

Then

50.4 cm20 in

Now

32.033 cm13 in

Powder days at the summit±0 days

Then

2

Now

1

Days with a base at the summit−16 days

Then

27

Now

11

Days with a base in the village−11 days

Then

17

Now

6

Average temperature at the summit+1.6°C+2.9°F

Then

-3°C27°F

Now

-1°C29°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

Most snow in a day
27 cm11 in
Snowiest winter
2.7 m104 in
Leanest winter
24 cm9 in
Deepest snow on the ground
108 cm43 in
Coldest night at the summit
-35°C-30°F
Strongest gust at the summit
106 km/h66 mph

All winters

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