El Niño winters bring Brighton about 7% less snow than a typical winter.
Based on 14 El Niño winters since 1986: 6 of them beat Brighton's median snowfall. But El Niño winters here vary a lot, so it's a weak tendency at best. Ranks #94 of 152 Western resorts for El Niño snowfall.
Checked against a real snow station: at the Brighton SNOTEL station, measured precipitation in El Niño winters ran −8% vs. its average (40 winters of measurements).
Snowfall each winter compared with Brighton's 40-winter average, colored by what the Pacific was doing.
El Niño La Niña Neutral
Mid-mountain, November–April. Any single winter can buck the pattern; that's why we look at averages.
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