Cooling Degree Days in Jamaica
Jamaica: Cooling Degree Days was 5,507 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Jamaica, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cooling degree days in Jamaica is 5,507, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Jamaica peaked at 5,507 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,088, in 1963.
That places Jamaica 54th 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 | 4,229 | 4,088 | 4,672 | 10 |
| 1970s | 4,263 | 4,139 | 4,496 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,577 | 4,410 | 4,826 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,629 | 4,284 | 4,964 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,742 | 4,460 | 4,907 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,997 | 4,677 | 5,342 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,334 | 5,097 | 5,507 | 5 |
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More environment data for Jamaica
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 9.42 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.32 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.43 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0303 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0828 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0028 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.8368 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0136 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.2734 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Jamaica?
- Cooling degree days in Jamaica was 5,507 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 5,507 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,088 in 1963.
- How does Jamaica rank for cooling degree days?
- Jamaica ranks 54th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.