Cooling Degree Days in Dominica
Dominica: Cooling Degree Days was 5,584 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Dominica, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
In 2024, cooling degree days in Dominica stood at 5,584. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 7.5% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Dominica peaked at 5,584 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,316, in 1974.
Dominica ranks 50th of 192 countries on this measure, 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 | 4,676 | 4,558 | 5,001 | 10 |
| 1970s | 4,553 | 4,316 | 4,794 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,618 | 4,351 | 4,897 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,730 | 4,543 | 5,091 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,852 | 4,605 | 5,127 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,937 | 4,754 | 5,257 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,118 | 4,844 | 5,584 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 47 Solomon Islands 5,688 compare
- 48 Guinea 5,652 compare
- 49 Sierra Leone 5,609 compare
- 51 El Salvador 5,561 compare
- 52 Philippines 5,527 compare
- 53 Venezuela 5,512 compare
More environment data for Dominica
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.1524 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.3 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0272 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0565 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0264 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Dominica?
- Cooling degree days in Dominica was 5,584 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 5,584 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,316 in 1974.
- How does Dominica rank for cooling degree days?
- Dominica ranks 50th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominica 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.