Veľká Rača, Slovakia. 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+5.6°F
The trend: from -4°C24°F to -1°C30°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−20%
The trend: from 2.0 m77 in to 1.6 m61 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−1 day
The trend: from 2 to 1. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−55 days
The trend: from 79 to 24. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−10 days
The trend: from 52 to 41. 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−12%
Then
1.9 m73 in
Now
1.6 m64 in
- Snowfall in the village−12%
Then
1.9 m74 in
Now
1.6 m65 in
- Powder days at the summit±0 days
Then
2
Now
1
- Days with a base at the summit−31 days
Then
66
Now
35
- Average temperature at the summit+1.8°C+3.2°F
Then
-4°C26°F
Now
-2°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
All winters
- 1950s1950/511.5 m59 in1951/522.9 m115 in1952/531.8 m72 in1953/541.1 m43 in1954/552.3 m91 in1955/562.1 m81 in1956/571.3 m53 in1957/582.2 m88 in1958/591.1 m42 in1959/601.6 m63 in
- 1960s1960/611.2 m46 in1961/622.6 m100 in1962/631.8 m69 in1963/641.4 m53 in1964/651.8 m72 in1965/661.6 m62 in1966/673.0 m117 in1967/682.3 m90 in1968/691.2 m46 in1969/702.1 m81 in
- 1970s1970/711.8 m69 in1971/721.2 m48 in1972/732.2 m85 in1973/741.6 m62 in1974/752.2 m85 in1975/762.7 m107 in1976/772.2 m86 in1977/781.8 m71 in1978/791.7 m67 in1979/801.8 m70 in
- 1980s1980/811.7 m66 in1981/822.6 m101 in1982/832.4 m93 in1983/841.5 m57 in1984/851.8 m69 in1985/861.8 m69 in1986/872.1 m83 in1987/881.7 m68 in1988/891.8 m70 in1989/901.3 m50 in
- 1990s1990/911.1 m41 in1991/922.2 m87 in1992/931.8 m72 in1993/941.6 m63 in1994/951.7 m67 in1995/961.9 m76 in1996/971.4 m54 in1997/981.3 m50 in1998/991.8 m70 in1999/002.6 m101 in
- 2000s2000/011.4 m53 in2001/021.9 m74 in2002/031.3 m51 in2003/042.1 m82 in2004/052.4 m93 in2005/062.6 m101 in2006/071.8 m70 in2007/081.7 m67 in2008/092.3 m91 in2009/101.1 m43 in
- 2010s2010/111.2 m48 in2011/122.1 m82 in2012/131.9 m73 in2013/1471 cm28 in2014/151.5 m60 in2015/161.1 m43 in2016/171.6 m64 in2017/181.3 m52 in2018/192.0 m77 in2019/201.2 m48 in
- 2020s2020/211.7 m66 in2021/221.9 m75 in2022/231.7 m68 in2023/241.6 m61 in2024/2593 cm37 in2025/261.1 m45 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