Cooling Degree Days in Bahamas
Bahamas: Cooling Degree Days was 5,060 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Bahamas, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
Bahamas recorded 5,060 for cooling degree days in 2024.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Bahamas peaked at 5,200 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4,095, in 1968.
That places Bahamas 70th out of 192 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,323 | 4,095 | 4,549 | 10 |
| 1970s | 4,372 | 4,212 | 4,558 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,401 | 4,204 | 4,577 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,579 | 4,261 | 4,799 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,563 | 4,358 | 4,753 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,753 | 4,344 | 5,053 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,037 | 4,904 | 5,200 | 5 |
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More environment data for Bahamas
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 1.84 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.6 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0062 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0031 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.01 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.3397 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0012 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0023 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.3165 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Bahamas?
- Cooling degree days in Bahamas was 5,060 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 5,200 in 2023.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,095 in 1968.
- How does Bahamas rank for cooling degree days?
- Bahamas ranks 70th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org, published as part of Cooling Degree Days. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A cooling degree day (CDD) is a measurement designed to track energy use. It is the number of degrees that a day's average temperature is above 18°C (65°F). Daily degree days are accumulated to obtain annual values.