https://www.datameetsweather.com/blog daily 1.0 2026-09-16 https://www.datameetsweather.com/blog/what-separated-the-2023-and-2026-ski-seasons-in-the-pacific-northwest-and-what-enso-had-to-do-with-it monthly 0.5 2026-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69caa267ca2ed71deb6eed3a/c180320e-f7c1-42e4-af19-163722683b74/pnw_01_swe_overlay.png Blog - What Separated the 2023 and 2026 Ski Seasons in the Pacific Northwest, and What ENSO Had to Do With It - Make it stand out FIGURE 1: Snowpack in the Cascades peaked at 46.7 inches on April 22 in 2022-23 (blue) — nearly double the 26.1 inches 2025-26 (red) managed by its March 16 peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69caa267ca2ed71deb6eed3a/5824ea85-56e5-4399-a88f-14c52f28cb6d/pnw_02_cumulative_precip.png Blog - What Separated the 2023 and 2026 Ski Seasons in the Pacific Northwest, and What ENSO Had to Do With It - Make it stand out FIGURE 2: The lower-snow year wasn't a dry one — Seattle actually recorded more total precipitation in 2025-26 (red) than in the record-snow winter of 2022-23 (blue). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69caa267ca2ed71deb6eed3a/65de5a5f-4a37-43e5-b62b-1b64b25d9a9f/pnw_03_thickness.png Blog - What Separated the 2023 and 2026 Ski Seasons in the Pacific Northwest, and What ENSO Had to Do With It - Make it stand out FIGURE 3: A measure of how warm or cold the air column was above Seattle each season — 2025-26 (red) ran consistently warmer through the winter than 2022-23 (blue), especially during a sharp spike in late winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69caa267ca2ed71deb6eed3a/32ffa3b1-dd36-4505-8120-9195303d4197/pnw_04_oni_vs_swe.png Blog - What Separated the 2023 and 2026 Ski Seasons in the Pacific Northwest, and What ENSO Had to Do With It - Make it stand out FIGURE 4: Across 35 winters, La Niña years (blue) tend toward higher Cascades snowpack and El Niño years (orange) toward lower — a moderate but real relationship (r = -0.43). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69caa267ca2ed71deb6eed3a/7cb47b73-ec4e-4429-9643-081aef50b4bd/pnw_05_temp_by_enso_phase.png Blog - What Separated the 2023 and 2026 Ski Seasons in the Pacific Northwest, and What ENSO Had to Do With It - Make it stand out FIGURE 5: El Niño winters in Seattle run measurably warmer than La Niña winters on average, though individual years within each category vary widely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69caa267ca2ed71deb6eed3a/6ac7a331-8bcc-4cd7-b82f-707df49401ed/pnw_06_oni_vs_temperature.png Blog - What Separated the 2023 and 2026 Ski Seasons in the Pacific Northwest, and What ENSO Had to Do With It - Make it stand out FIGURE 6: The clearest signal in the whole study: ENSO phase and Seattle winter temperature move together fairly closely (r = 0.49), with El Niño winters reliably warmer than La Niña winters. https://www.datameetsweather.com/blog/el-nio-wont-save-your-ski-season-and-la-nia-didnt-ruin-it monthly 0.5 2026-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69caa267ca2ed71deb6eed3a/c6d1d661-9875-4edf-842f-2bc8203e35b4/01_oni_vs_temperature.png Blog - El Niño Won't Save our Ski Season (And La Niña Didn't Ruin It) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69caa267ca2ed71deb6eed3a/c673d0c9-d6fa-4253-b3a6-f898e308991e/04_robustness_oni_vs_temperature.png Blog - El Niño Won't Save our Ski Season (And La Niña Didn't Ruin It) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69caa267ca2ed71deb6eed3a/99e71a18-bdb1-4c4c-99a2-11068e3267e6/02_temp_by_enso_phase.png Blog - El Niño Won't Save our Ski Season (And La Niña Didn't Ruin It) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69caa267ca2ed71deb6eed3a/21964ff8-4dc1-4412-8633-7a5730e4c6a2/03_temp_vs_powder_days.png Blog - El Niño Won't Save our Ski Season (And La Niña Didn't Ruin It) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69caa267ca2ed71deb6eed3a/55e0a36d-67e4-4e7f-a346-3ff8e6bfaf00/05_robustness_temp_vs_powder_days.png Blog - El Niño Won't Save our Ski Season (And La Niña Didn't Ruin It) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.datameetsweather.com/blog/64n1frm59ivmk314mc4dfrtczeo81a monthly 0.5 2026-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69caa267ca2ed71deb6eed3a/3add97a1-0a5d-4013-a278-188562dd89a4/swe_overlay.png Blog - What made the 2023 and 2026 Ski seasons so different in Utah? - Make it stand out Figure 1: SWE daily totals for the 2022-2023 (blue) and 2025-2026 (red) ski seasons with this year’s SWE in green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69caa267ca2ed71deb6eed3a/a78a4bf4-9c58-4904-8d52-4f412173130a/cumulative_precip.png Blog - What made the 2023 and 2026 Ski seasons so different in Utah? - Make it stand out Figure 2 : Cumulative precipitation in the Salt Lake Valley over time for the 2022-2023 (blue) and 2025-2026 (red) ski seasons with this year’s precipitation in green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69caa267ca2ed71deb6eed3a/18cd7ec3-b147-4222-8d50-a367aae6ab06/valley_temp_overlay.png Blog - What made the 2023 and 2026 Ski seasons so different in Utah? - Make it stand out Figure 3: Temperature in the Salt Lake Valley over time for the 2022-2023 (blue) and 2025-2026 (red) ski seasons with this year’s temperature in green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69caa267ca2ed71deb6eed3a/6166dd73-1d35-4d21-b48e-30aa43f0fa19/thickness_500_200hpa.png Blog - What made the 2023 and 2026 Ski seasons so different in Utah? - Make it stand out Figure 4: Air column thickness in the Salt Lake Valley over time for the 2022-2023 (blue) and 2025-2026 (red) ski seasons with this year’s thickness in green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69caa267ca2ed71deb6eed3a/a3af2d7e-9aa1-40bf-b431-f6a0f63c3003/oni_vs_snowpack.png Blog - What made the 2023 and 2026 Ski seasons so different in Utah? - Make it stand out Figure 5: The left figure shows the ENSO index (solid black lines; red dots indicating El Nino year, blue dots indicating La Nina year) over time compared to the total SWE (blue dotted line) for each year. 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