76 winters, day by day
Valmalenco Bernina, Italy. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.
Valmalenco Bernina, Italy. 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+5.5°F
The trend: from -10°C15°F to -7°C20°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−19%
The trend: from 3.3 m131 in to 2.7 m107 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−2 days
The trend: from 9 to 7. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−17 days
The trend: from 169 to 152. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−36 days
The trend: from 164 to 128. 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−13%
Then
3.3 m130 in
Now
2.9 m113 in
- Snowfall in the village−13%
Then
3.3 m130 in
Now
2.9 m113 in
- Powder days at the summit−1 day
Then
9
Now
8
- Days with a base at the summit−11 days
Then
167
Now
155
- Days with a base in the village−22 days
Then
158
Now
136
- Average temperature at the summit+1.8°C+3.3°F
Then
-9°C16°F
Now
-7°C19°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
- 1950s1950/516.5 m257 in1951/522.3 m91 in1952/531.9 m75 in1953/542.1 m83 in1954/553.3 m128 in1955/562.4 m93 in1956/572.0 m77 in1957/583.4 m133 in1958/593.1 m121 in1959/604.5 m176 in
- 1960s1960/613.4 m134 in1961/623.5 m137 in1962/633.2 m125 in1963/643.0 m120 in1964/652.3 m89 in1965/663.0 m116 in1966/673.5 m139 in1967/683.4 m134 in1968/692.8 m112 in1969/704.0 m159 in
- 1970s1970/713.7 m144 in1971/723.4 m134 in1972/732.2 m87 in1973/743.4 m132 in1974/754.3 m170 in1975/762.2 m85 in1976/775.1 m200 in1977/784.1 m162 in1978/794.1 m162 in1979/802.9 m112 in
- 1980s1980/812.0 m79 in1981/822.5 m97 in1982/833.4 m133 in1983/843.2 m125 in1984/853.6 m142 in1985/864.7 m184 in1986/872.5 m99 in1987/882.8 m111 in1988/893.5 m139 in1989/902.6 m100 in
- 1990s1990/913.0 m116 in1991/923.1 m122 in1992/931.9 m76 in1993/942.6 m102 in1994/952.3 m90 in1995/961.7 m65 in1996/972.7 m107 in1997/983.3 m129 in1998/992.9 m115 in1999/002.7 m105 in
- 2000s2000/016.0 m237 in2001/021.9 m74 in2002/032.5 m99 in2003/043.1 m121 in2004/051.7 m66 in2005/062.3 m89 in2006/071.7 m68 in2007/083.0 m118 in2008/094.4 m174 in2009/103.4 m133 in
- 2010s2010/112.7 m105 in2011/122.5 m97 in2012/133.1 m122 in2013/144.8 m190 in2014/152.6 m103 in2015/162.2 m86 in2016/172.2 m85 in2017/183.9 m152 in2018/192.4 m93 in2019/203.6 m140 in
- 2020s2020/213.1 m124 in2021/221.8 m70 in2022/231.7 m67 in2023/244.2 m167 in2024/252.2 m88 in2025/261.8 m69 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