76 winters, day by day
Whistler Blackcomb, Canada. Every ski winter from 1950/51 to 2025/26.
Whistler Blackcomb, Canada. 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 14% of 736 resorts
+1.5°C+2.6°F
The trend: from -10°C13°F to -9°C16°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−21%
The trend: from 13.1 m516 in to 10.3 m406 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−8 days
The trend: from 47 to 39. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−2 days
The trend: from 180 to 179. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base in the village
−2 days
The trend: from 180 to 178. 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
12.7 m501 in
Now
11.1 m438 in
- Snowfall in the village−41%
Then
4.6 m181 in
Now
2.7 m106 in
- Powder days at the summit−4 days
Then
46
Now
42
- Days with a base at the summit−1 day
Then
180
Now
180
- Days with a base in the village−1 day
Then
180
Now
178
- Average temperature at the summit+1.0°C+1.7°F
Then
-10°C14°F
Now
-9°C15°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
- 1950s1950/5112.1 m477 in1951/5212.4 m489 in1952/5314.2 m559 in1953/5416.5 m650 in1954/5513.1 m515 in1955/5612.6 m494 in1956/579.4 m369 in1957/5813.2 m520 in1958/5912.9 m506 in1959/6011.5 m452 in
- 1960s1960/6114.7 m577 in1961/629.6 m376 in1962/6311.8 m465 in1963/6415.8 m621 in1964/6510.4 m411 in1965/6615.0 m589 in1966/6718.0 m709 in1967/6814.4 m567 in1968/6914.6 m576 in1969/7010.8 m426 in
- 1970s1970/7115.0 m589 in1971/7214.7 m580 in1972/7312.0 m472 in1973/7416.2 m637 in1974/7511.7 m461 in1975/7613.6 m537 in1976/777.6 m297 in1977/789.9 m390 in1978/797.7 m305 in1979/8010.2 m400 in
- 1980s1980/8110.5 m415 in1981/8212.8 m502 in1982/8312.2 m481 in1983/8411.1 m436 in1984/858.1 m318 in1985/869.0 m352 in1986/8712.2 m481 in1987/8810.6 m416 in1988/8910.1 m399 in1989/908.7 m342 in
- 1990s1990/9112.4 m488 in1991/9211.5 m454 in1992/938.1 m320 in1993/9412.0 m470 in1994/9513.0 m512 in1995/9612.3 m482 in1996/9712.2 m482 in1997/9811.3 m444 in1998/9917.5 m689 in1999/0010.6 m416 in
- 2000s2000/017.3 m288 in2001/0211.3 m446 in2002/0312.5 m493 in2003/049.5 m376 in2004/058.7 m342 in2005/0611.3 m446 in2006/0715.1 m593 in2007/089.7 m382 in2008/097.5 m294 in2009/1013.6 m534 in
- 2010s2010/1113.9 m549 in2011/1212.6 m495 in2012/1311.1 m437 in2013/148.8 m346 in2014/158.8 m346 in2015/1613.2 m521 in2016/1712.9 m506 in2017/1811.9 m468 in2018/1910.5 m413 in2019/209.8 m386 in
- 2020s2020/2111.0 m431 in2021/2211.1 m438 in2022/239.7 m381 in2023/249.0 m353 in2024/259.7 m382 in2025/2611.5 m451 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