Temple Basin, New Zealand. Every ski winter from 1950 to 2025.
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 23% of 736 resorts
+1.7°C+3.0°F
The trend: from -4°C26°F to -2°C29°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
+10%
The trend: from 1.2 m47 in to 1.3 m52 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
+1 day
The trend: from 1 to 2. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−14 days
The trend: from 28 to 14. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−2 days
The trend: from 32 to 30. 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 1950–1979Now 1996–2025
- Snowfall at the summit+5%
Then
1.2 m46 in
Now
1.2 m49 in
- Snowfall in the village+6%
Then
91.567 cm36 in
Now
97.2 cm38 in
- Powder days at the summit+1 day
Then
1
Now
2
- Days with a base at the summit−6 days
Then
20
Now
14
- Average temperature at the summit+0.9°C+1.7°F
Then
-3°C26°F
Now
-2°C28°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
- 1950s195089 cm35 in195160 cm24 in195282 cm32 in19531.4 m55 in19541.6 m63 in195586 cm34 in19561.3 m49 in19571.1 m42 in195892 cm36 in195994 cm37 in
- 1960s196085 cm33 in19611.5 m57 in196275 cm30 in19631.6 m63 in19641.6 m63 in19651.3 m51 in19661.2 m46 in196760 cm24 in19682.0 m78 in196956 cm22 in
- 1970s197099 cm39 in19711.4 m53 in19721.2 m48 in197387 cm34 in19741.6 m63 in19751.5 m58 in19761.5 m59 in19771.3 m52 in19781.6 m64 in19791.2 m46 in
- 1980s19801.4 m56 in19811.7 m67 in19821.6 m61 in19831.7 m65 in198479 cm31 in198599 cm39 in19862.0 m78 in19871.1 m45 in198899 cm39 in198977 cm30 in
- 1990s199093 cm37 in19911.4 m56 in19922.6 m101 in19931.1 m42 in19942.0 m79 in19952.8 m108 in19961.6 m61 in19971.3 m52 in19981.0 m40 in199995 cm37 in
- 2000s20001.3 m52 in200175 cm30 in200290 cm35 in20031.7 m67 in20041.8 m70 in200559 cm23 in20061.5 m59 in20071.2 m48 in20082.2 m88 in20091.4 m56 in
- 2010s20101.8 m69 in20111.7 m66 in20121.8 m71 in20131.4 m55 in201473 cm29 in20151.2 m48 in201698 cm39 in20171.2 m47 in201872 cm28 in20191.1 m44 in
- 2020s202080 cm31 in202177 cm30 in20221.9 m74 in202391 cm36 in202494 cm37 in202586 cm34 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