Cooling Degree Days in New Zealand
New Zealand: Cooling Degree Days was 66.33 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in New Zealand, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cooling degree days in New Zealand is 66.33, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 15.3% on the previous year and up 108.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in New Zealand peaked at 109.86 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 12.95, in 1965.
New Zealand ranks 185th of 192 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27.76 | 12.95 | 45.34 | 10 |
| 1970s | 40.8 | 16.01 | 65.25 | 10 |
| 1980s | 38.81 | 17.58 | 66.58 | 10 |
| 1990s | 45.44 | 14.37 | 100.62 | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.73 | 21.98 | 57.12 | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.76 | 27.16 | 109.86 | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.45 | 55.21 | 80.77 | 5 |
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More environment data for New Zealand
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 77.84 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 14.71 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 29.69 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0763 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.671 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0207 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 34.4 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0183 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0794 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.78 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in New Zealand?
- Cooling degree days in New Zealand was 66.33 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 109.86 in 2018.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.95 in 1965.
- How does New Zealand rank for cooling degree days?
- New Zealand ranks 185th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 108.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.