El Niño winters bring Terry Peak about 7% less snow than a typical winter.
Based on 14 El Niño winters since 1986: 5 of them beat Terry Peak's median snowfall. That's a fairly consistent pattern. Ranks #49 of 68 Eastern & Midwestern resorts for El Niño snowfall.
Checked against a real snow station: at the North Rapid Creek SNOTEL station, measured precipitation in El Niño winters ran −11% vs. its average (30 winters of measurements).
Snowfall each winter compared with Terry Peak'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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