Zoncolan, 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 95% of 736 resorts
+3.2°C+5.8°F
The trend: from -8°C18°F to -5°C23°F. Point at a winter to read it.
Snowfall at the summit
−28%
The trend: from 3.0 m118 in to 2.2 m85 in. Point at a winter to read it.
Powder days at the summit
−3 days
The trend: from 9 to 6. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with a base at the summit
−55 days
The trend: from 133 to 78. Point at a winter to read it.
Days with fresh snow at the summit
−12 days
The trend: from 45 to 34. 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−23%
Then
3.0 m116 in
Now
2.3 m89 in
- Snowfall in the village−47%
Then
1.3 m50 in
Now
67.733 cm27 in
- Powder days at the summit−2 days
Then
8
Now
6
- Days with a base at the summit−38 days
Then
124
Now
86
- Average temperature at the summit+1.9°C+3.4°F
Then
-7°C19°F
Now
-5°C22°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
- 1950s1950/516.7 m265 in1951/522.2 m85 in1952/531.5 m59 in1953/541.9 m74 in1954/552.1 m83 in1955/561.6 m62 in1956/572.3 m90 in1957/583.0 m117 in1958/591.5 m58 in1959/604.0 m159 in
- 1960s1960/612.3 m89 in1961/623.3 m131 in1962/633.1 m121 in1963/641.3 m51 in1964/653.4 m133 in1965/662.2 m86 in1966/672.9 m113 in1967/682.6 m102 in1968/692.8 m109 in1969/703.8 m150 in
- 1970s1970/713.0 m117 in1971/723.3 m131 in1972/732.4 m93 in1973/742.6 m101 in1974/753.8 m149 in1975/762.1 m84 in1976/774.5 m179 in1977/784.7 m183 in1978/794.0 m156 in1979/804.0 m157 in
- 1980s1980/812.1 m81 in1981/822.5 m97 in1982/832.2 m88 in1983/843.5 m139 in1984/853.4 m132 in1985/863.7 m145 in1986/872.7 m108 in1987/882.7 m106 in1988/891.5 m57 in1989/901.3 m53 in
- 1990s1990/912.6 m100 in1991/923.1 m123 in1992/931.3 m51 in1993/942.2 m87 in1994/952.2 m85 in1995/962.0 m79 in1996/971.5 m59 in1997/981.9 m75 in1998/992.0 m78 in1999/002.2 m87 in
- 2000s2000/012.9 m114 in2001/021.2 m49 in2002/031.4 m54 in2003/043.0 m116 in2004/051.7 m67 in2005/062.9 m115 in2006/072.0 m78 in2007/082.4 m94 in2008/094.8 m190 in2009/102.7 m105 in
- 2010s2010/112.2 m87 in2011/121.0 m40 in2012/132.8 m109 in2013/144.8 m190 in2014/151.4 m54 in2015/162.8 m109 in2016/171.0 m41 in2017/183.0 m117 in2018/191.7 m66 in2019/202.0 m77 in
- 2020s2020/214.1 m160 in2021/221.9 m73 in2022/231.8 m72 in2023/242.0 m78 in2024/251.3 m50 in2025/261.8 m71 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