76 winters, day by day
Wasatch Peaks Ranch, United States. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.
Wasatch Peaks Ranch, United States. 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 46% of 736 resorts
+2.1°C+3.7°F
The trend: from -10°C14°F to -8°C18°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−23%
The trend: from 2.4 m95 in to 1.9 m73 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
−52 days
The trend: from 125 to 72. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−11 days
The trend: from 60 to 49. 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−15%
Then
2.3 m90 in
Now
1.9 m76 in
- Snowfall in the village−15%
Then
2.3 m90 in
Now
1.9 m76 in
- Powder days at the summit−1 day
Then
2
Now
1
- Days with a base at the summit−31 days
Then
115
Now
84
- Average temperature at the summit+1.2°C+2.2°F
Then
-10°C15°F
Now
-8°C17°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
- 1950s1950/512.6 m102 in1951/523.4 m133 in1952/532.6 m104 in1953/541.9 m76 in1954/551.9 m76 in1955/562.4 m94 in1956/572.0 m80 in1957/582.5 m100 in1958/592.0 m78 in1959/601.8 m72 in
- 1960s1960/611.6 m64 in1961/622.6 m102 in1962/631.8 m72 in1963/642.2 m85 in1964/652.8 m108 in1965/661.6 m63 in1966/672.5 m100 in1967/682.3 m91 in1968/692.8 m109 in1969/702.1 m81 in
- 1970s1970/712.4 m94 in1971/722.2 m88 in1972/732.4 m94 in1973/742.7 m104 in1974/752.6 m101 in1975/762.1 m83 in1976/7793 cm37 in1977/782.6 m102 in1978/792.4 m95 in1979/802.5 m100 in
- 1980s1980/811.6 m61 in1981/822.8 m112 in1982/833.0 m117 in1983/843.7 m147 in1984/852.3 m91 in1985/862.9 m112 in1986/871.4 m55 in1987/881.8 m69 in1988/892.5 m98 in1989/901.4 m54 in
- 1990s1990/912.1 m83 in1991/921.2 m47 in1992/932.6 m102 in1993/941.5 m59 in1994/952.3 m89 in1995/962.3 m91 in1996/972.6 m103 in1997/982.4 m96 in1998/991.9 m76 in1999/001.6 m63 in
- 2000s2000/011.7 m65 in2001/021.8 m71 in2002/031.4 m55 in2003/042.2 m85 in2004/051.9 m76 in2005/062.4 m96 in2006/071.5 m57 in2007/082.3 m89 in2008/092.4 m95 in2009/101.6 m64 in
- 2010s2010/112.9 m116 in2011/121.5 m57 in2012/131.7 m65 in2013/141.8 m70 in2014/151.2 m46 in2015/162.0 m78 in2016/172.7 m106 in2017/181.2 m48 in2018/192.3 m92 in2019/202.0 m78 in
- 2020s2020/211.5 m59 in2021/221.5 m59 in2022/233.3 m130 in2023/242.3 m89 in2024/251.8 m71 in2025/2696 cm38 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