10 years of snow depth, snowfall and conditions at British Columbia, Canada · 675m to 2284m
Over the last 10 seasons Whistler Blackcomb, Canada has averaged 789cm of snowfall, a peak snow depth of 364cm, 14 powder days and 26 bluebird days a year, with skiable cover from around 24 October to 2 July.
Snow history & climate
10-year averages for Whistler Blackcomb
789 cm
Snowfall / season
Nov-May total
364 cm
Peak depth
typical season high
14
Powder days
15cm+ in a day
26
Bluebird days
sun after snow
25
Rain days
1mm+ of rain
211
Skiable days
30cm+ cover
Month by month
Monthly averages
Average snowfall, snow depth, rain, sunshine and day counts by month at Whistler Blackcomb, over the last 10 seasons.
Month
Snowfall
Avg depth
Rain
Sun/day
Temp
Powder
Bluebird
Rain days
Jan
171 cm
270 cm
21 mm
3.8 h
-2° / -8°
3.7
3.5
1.5
Feb
88 cm
297 cm
5 mm
5.5 h
-3° / -11°
1.2
3.7
0.9
Mar
106 cm
325 cm
14 mm
7.2 h
1° / -7°
1.1
5.9
1.8
Apr
67 cm
325 cm
14 mm
9.5 h
5° / -5°
0.5
3.4
3.8
May
17 cm
258 cm
44 mm
11.7 h
11° / 0°
0.1
0.9
8.0
Jun
5 cm
132 cm
59 mm
12.4 h
14° / 4°
0.0
0.1
12.6
Jul
0 cm
20 cm
46 mm
13.7 h
19° / 8°
0.0
0.0
7.3
Aug
0 cm
0 cm
48 mm
12.4 h
20° / 8°
0.0
0.0
6.9
Sep
6 cm
0 cm
108 mm
9.2 h
14° / 5°
0.1
0.4
11.1
Oct
93 cm
24 cm
91 mm
6.0 h
6° / -1°
1.7
2.9
10.6
Nov
171 cm
105 cm
68 mm
3.8 h
0° / -6°
3.7
3.8
6.0
Dec
169 cm
193 cm
22 mm
3.3 h
-4° / -9°
3.4
4.4
3.0
Averages across the last 10 seasons. Powder, bluebird and rain columns are the average number of such days per month.
Season by season
Season
Snowfall
Peak depth
Powder days
Bluebird days
Skiable days
2025/26
783 cm
307 cm
17
22
212
2024/25leanest
631 cm
344 cm
12
17
212
2023/24
639 cm
322 cm
7
19
204
2022/23
647 cm
362 cm
8
25
212
2021/22
904 cm
405 cm
21
27
212
2020/21
851 cm
371 cm
15
34
211
2019/20
769 cm
342 cm
11
32
209
2018/19
797 cm
359 cm
18
25
209
2017/18
857 cm
401 cm
13
26
212
2016/17best
1016 cm
430 cm
15
29
212
How these numbers are calculated
Powder day — at least 15cm of new snow in 24 hours.
Bluebird day — sunshine for at least 60% of daylight, following at least 10cm of snow over the previous 3 days.
Rain day — at least 1mm of rain (not snow) at this elevation.
Skiable day — at least 30cm of settled snow on the ground.
Snow depth is modelled from Open-Meteo / ERA5 reanalysis at 1480m, not measured at the resort. Use it to compare seasons and resorts; use the resort's own report for today's conditions.
How Whistler Blackcomb compares
Measured against 39 other resorts across 18 countries, each analysed exactly the same way. The line down the middle of each bar is the median.
Snowfall per season
among the very best we track
789 cm
Top of every resort we compareMedian 272 cm
Total new snow between November and May.
Peak snow depth
among the very best we track
364 cm
Top of every resort we compareMedian 83 cm
How deep the settled base gets at its yearly high.
Powder days
among the very best we track
14
Top of every resort we compareMedian 2
Days with 15cm or more of new snow.
Bluebird days
among the very best we track
26
Ahead of 97% of resortsMedian 9
Sun and fresh snow on the same day.
Rain days
below average
25
Drier than 67% of resortsMedian 32
Days with 1mm or more of rain, not snow.
Skiable days
among the very best we track
211
Top of every resort we compareMedian 114
Days holding 30cm or more of settled snow.
The season at Whistler Blackcomb
Typical stretch holding 30cm or more of settled snow, averaged over the record.
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Cover arrives
24 October
Season ends
2 July
Days of cover
253 days
When to go
These rarely land in the same month, so it is worth deciding which one matters most before you book.
Deepest base
March
325cm average depth
Most new snow
January
171cm and 3.7 powder days
Best bluebird odds
March
5.9 bluebird days, 7.2h sun a day
Wettest month
May
8.0 rain days
Is Whistler Blackcomb a good place to ski?
heavy snowfalla deep, reliable basefrequent powder daysplenty of bluebird daysa long season
On 10 years of record, Whistler Blackcomb stands out for heavy snowfall, a deep, reliable base, frequent powder days, plenty of bluebird days and a long season.
All of these figures come from 1480m, the mid-mountain height, and describe an average year rather than the one you are about to book. Snow depth here is modelled from reanalysis rather than measured on the hill, so treat it as a guide to how Whistler Blackcomb usually behaves, not as a forecast.
Whistler Blackcomb snow record in detail
How much snow does Whistler Blackcomb get?
Whistler Blackcomb averages 789cm of snowfall over a full season, measured from November to May across the last 10 winters. That is among the very best we track: more snow than more than any other resort in the set, where the median season brings 272cm.
Season to season the spread is wide. The best of the last 10 winters was 2016/17 with 1016cm, and the leanest was 2024/25 with 631cm — a difference of 385cm between a good year and a poor one. The most recent complete season, 2025/26, delivered 783cm.
January is reliably the snowiest month, averaging 171cm and 17 days with fresh snow.
How deep does the snow get at Whistler Blackcomb?
Snowfall totals flatter resorts that lose their snow quickly, so the more useful number is how deep the settled base actually gets. At Whistler Blackcomb the snowpack peaks at an average of 364cm each season. That is among the very best we track, deeper than more than any other resort in the set, against a median peak of 83cm.
The base is deepest in March, averaging 325cm through the month and topping out around 353cm in a typical year.
How many powder days does Whistler Blackcomb get?
Counting any day that delivers at least 15cm of new snow, Whistler Blackcomb averages 14 powder days a season. That is among the very best we track, more powder days than more than any other resort in the set, where the median is 2 a season.
Powder days are not spread evenly. January averages 3.7 of them, which is the single strongest argument for timing a trip around the middle of the season rather than the edges.
How often does Whistler Blackcomb get bluebird days?
A bluebird day means sunshine for at least 60% of daylight on the back of at least 10cm of snow in the previous 3 days — fresh snow and clear skies together, which is the combination people actually travel for. Whistler Blackcomb averages 26 of them a season. That is among the very best we track, more than 97% of 39 resorts we have analysed the same way, against a median of 9.
March is the best month for it, averaging 5.9 bluebird days and 7.2 hours of sunshine a day.
Does it rain at Whistler Blackcomb?
Rain is the thing that ruins a ski week, and at mid-mountain height Whistler Blackcomb sees an average of 25 days a season with at least 1mm of rain rather than snow. That is below average: 33% of the 39 other resorts we have analysed the same way see fewer wet days, against a median of 32.
May carries the most of it, with 8.0 rain days and 44mm in an average year. Bear in mind these figures are for the middle of the mountain: the base area will be wetter and the top drier.
When is the best time to ski Whistler Blackcomb, and when does the season end?
Whistler Blackcomb typically holds at least 30cm of settled snow from around 24 October through to 2 July, which works out at roughly 253 days of skiable cover in an average year. 211 of those fall inside the November to May season. On season length that is among the very best we track compared with the 39 other resorts we have analysed the same way.
In practice that means the snow is usually gone, or going, by 2 July. Anyone booking late in the season should be looking at the highest terrain here rather than the base, and anyone booking early should expect the upper mountain to open before the valley runs do.
If you want the deepest base, go in March. If you want the best chance of fresh snow, go in January. If you want fresh snow and sunshine together, March gives the most bluebird days. Those rarely fall in the same month, so it is worth deciding which one matters most to you before you book.
Comparisons use 39 resorts across 18 countries, each measured over 5 recent seasons at mid-mountain height. Glaciated locations, where the model never melts the snow out, are excluded. Figures for Whistler Blackcomb are taken at 1480m. Corpus last rebuilt 2026-09-02.