Svanstein, Sweden. 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 82% of 736 resorts
+2.7°C+4.9°F
The trend: from -10°C14°F to -7°C19°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
+12%
The trend: from 1.4 m53 in to 1.5 m59 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
±0 days
The trend: from 0 to 0. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−10 days
The trend: from 147 to 137. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
+3 days
The trend: from 44 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
1.4 m55 in
Now
1.5 m58 in
- Snowfall in the village+6%
Then
1.4 m56 in
Now
1.5 m59 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
0
Now
0
- Days with a base at the summit−8 days
Then
147
Now
139
- Average temperature at the summit+1.7°C+3.0°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
- 1950s1950/511.2 m48 in1951/521.7 m66 in1952/531.5 m57 in1953/5494 cm37 in1954/551.6 m64 in1955/561.4 m54 in1956/571.2 m46 in1957/581.1 m42 in1958/591.4 m55 in1959/601.3 m49 in
- 1960s1960/611.5 m60 in1961/621.3 m51 in1962/6389 cm35 in1963/641.2 m47 in1964/651.7 m66 in1965/661.2 m47 in1966/672.0 m80 in1967/681.2 m48 in1968/691.5 m59 in1969/701.5 m59 in
- 1970s1970/711.3 m52 in1971/721.2 m45 in1972/732.1 m81 in1973/741.4 m55 in1974/751.5 m61 in1975/761.3 m52 in1976/771.8 m72 in1977/781.2 m48 in1978/791.3 m49 in1979/801.4 m56 in
- 1980s1980/811.5 m60 in1981/821.2 m48 in1982/831.4 m54 in1983/841.5 m58 in1984/851.0 m41 in1985/861.4 m55 in1986/871.3 m50 in1987/881.4 m55 in1988/891.5 m60 in1989/901.2 m48 in
- 1990s1990/911.5 m59 in1991/921.4 m54 in1992/931.6 m64 in1993/941.7 m65 in1994/951.8 m72 in1995/9698 cm39 in1996/971.8 m70 in1997/981.6 m62 in1998/991.4 m53 in1999/002.0 m80 in
- 2000s2000/011.3 m52 in2001/021.4 m56 in2002/0398 cm39 in2003/041.1 m44 in2004/051.5 m59 in2005/061.3 m50 in2006/071.4 m56 in2007/082.0 m78 in2008/091.2 m48 in2009/101.4 m55 in
- 2010s2010/1177 cm30 in2011/121.8 m71 in2012/131.3 m52 in2013/141.5 m57 in2014/152.0 m78 in2015/161.9 m74 in2016/171.7 m65 in2017/181.5 m61 in2018/191.3 m53 in2019/201.9 m75 in
- 2020s2020/211.6 m63 in2021/221.4 m56 in2022/231.5 m57 in2023/241.5 m59 in2024/251.2 m48 in2025/261.2 m48 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