Is Global Warming Affecting North
American Resort Snowfall Totals?
With concern mounting over global
warming and associated climate change, we thought an interesting
project would be to gather annual snowfall data from a few key
resorts located across North America. While of course this data
is of no value in in the debate over future climate change, it
does make interesting reading and perhaps the very narrow question
above (at least) can be answered. It does not appear (yet) to
be the case.
I'll tell you this, I could have
sworn that it snowed more at Mammoth when I was a teenager in
the '70s than it did in the past decade. I guess looking back
things tend to seem better then they really were. Music, snowfall,
a lot of things.
Anyway, thanks to the media communications
departments at the resorts listed below for taking the time to
send us their data. We'll add to this page as more information
becomes available.
MAMMOTH MOUNTAN SEASON TOTALS 1969 to 2002, in
inches
Average: 359"
1968/69* 461
1969/70* 268.5
1970/71* 255.5
1971/72* .254
1972/73* 327.5
1973/74* 310.5
1974/75* 397
1975/76* 188
1977/78*.. 90
1977/78* 479.5
1978/79* 391.5
1979/80* 434 |
1980/81* 245.4
1981/82* 510.5
1982/83* 567
1983/84* 276
1984/85* 312
1985/86* 510.5
1986/87* 192
1987/88* 273
1988/89* 273
1989/90* 217.5
1990/91 293
1991/92 306 |
1992/93 617
1993/94 272
1994/95 572.5
1995/96 427
1996/97 397
1997/98 540
1998/99 422.5
1999/00 462
2000/01 451
2001/02 339 |
*snowfall information prior to 1990/91 provided to us by Mammoth
Mountain from US Forest Service records. |
WHISTLER (B.C.) ANNUAL SNOW TOTALS 1983-2001, in
centimeters
|
82/83 |
83/84 |
84/85 |
85/86 |
86/87 |
87/88 |
88/89 |
89/90 |
90/91 |
91/92 |
92/93 |
93/94 |
94/95 |
95/96 |
96/97 |
|
867 |
570 |
703 |
617 |
882 |
927 |
797 |
765 |
883 |
896 |
686 |
989 |
1094 |
728 |
953 |
|
97/98 |
98/99 |
99/00 |
00/01 |
|
998.2 |
1,636 |
1,082 |
734 |
SCHWEITZER (IDAHO) SNOWFALL TOTALS, in inches
Average: 273"
|
89/90 |
90/91 |
91/92 |
92/93 |
93/94 |
94/95 |
95/96 |
96/97 |
97/98 |
98/99 |
99/00 |
00/01 |
01/02 |
|
191" |
218" |
208" |
232" |
209" |
245" |
169" |
304" |
164" |
412" |
238" |
114" |
265" |
CRESTED BUTTE (COLORADO) SNOWFALL TOTALS, in inches
Average: 242"
|
89/90 |
90/91 |
91/92 |
92/93 |
93/94 |
94/95 |
95/96 |
96/97 |
97/98 |
98/99 |
99/00 |
00/01 |
01/02 |
|
100 |
182 |
164 |
253 |
168 |
297 |
328 |
323 |
232 |
199 |
243 |
216 |
183 |
MT. MANSFIELD (VERMONT) SNOWSTAKE SNOWFALL TOTALS, in inches
|
1954 |
1955 |
1956 |
1957 |
1958 |
1959 |
1960 |
1961 |
1962 |
1963 |
1964 |
1965 |
|
90 |
132 |
127 |
229 |
128 |
171 |
139 |
172 |
176 |
101 |
131 |
198 |
|
1966 |
1967 |
1968 |
1969 |
1970 |
1971 |
1972 |
1973 |
1974 |
1975 |
1976 |
1977 |
|
227 |
236 |
327 |
255 |
332 |
266 |
236 |
207 |
299 |
164 |
280 |
225 |
|
1978 |
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
1982 |
1983 |
1984 |
1985 |
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
|
242 |
154 |
218 |
271 |
201 |
210 |
213 |
155 |
161 |
130 |
177 |
67 |
|
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
|
152 |
111 |
236 |
242 |
208 |
310 |
285 |
260 |
193 |
261 |
288 |
194 |
STEAMBOAT (COLORADO) SNOWFALL TOTALS, 1980 to 2002,
in inches
Average: 332"
|
79/80 |
80/81 |
81/82 |
82/83 |
83/84 |
84/85 |
85/86 |
86/87 |
87/88 |
88/89 |
89/90 |
90/91 |
|
257 |
133 |
384 |
236 |
448 |
288 |
244 |
167 |
334 |
254 |
364 |
303 |
|
91/92 |
92/93 |
93/94 |
94/95 |
95/96 |
96/97 |
97/98 |
98/99 |
99/00 |
00/01 |
01/02 |
|
|
210 |
415 |
258 |
321 |
441 |
421 |
291 |
292 |
369 |
276 |
288 |
|
HUNTER MOUNTAIN (NEW YORK) SNOWFALL TOTALS, 1982-2002,
in inches
Hunter Mountain snowfall totals for Last 21 years.
|
81-82 |
82-83 |
83-84 |
83-84 |
85-86 |
86-87 |
87-88 |
88-89 |
89-90 |
90-91 |
91-92 |
|
110 |
142 |
114 |
63 |
103 |
121 |
125 |
52 |
106 |
77 |
77 |
|
92-93 |
93-94 |
94-95 |
95-96 |
96-97 |
97-98 |
98-99 |
99-00 |
00-01 |
01-02 |
|
|
189 |
173 |
74 |
179 |
169 |
116 |
78 |
80 |
146 |
55 |
|
VAIL (COLORADO) SNOWFALL TOTALS, '91/'92-'00/'01
|
91-92 |
92-93 |
93-94 |
94-95 |
95-96 |
96-97 |
97-98 |
98-99 |
99-00 |
00-01 |
|
344.4 |
461.4 |
269.2 |
382.1 |
475.6 |
456.9 |
376 |
323 |
370.3 |
369.6 |
TELLURIDE (COLORADO) SNOFALL TOTALS,
'93-'02
|
92-93 |
93-94 |
94-95 |
95-96 |
96-97 |
97-98 |
98-99 |
99-00 |
00-01 |
01-02 |
|
343 |
257 |
336 |
297 |
369 |
343 |
321 |
216.7 |
350 |
200 |
|