Cooling Degree Days in Samoa
Samoa: Cooling Degree Days was 5,079 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Samoa, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
In 2024, cooling degree days in Samoa stood at 5,079. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Samoa peaked at 5,079 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,306, in 1971.
Samoa ranks 69th 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 | 4,500 | 4,371 | 4,632 | 10 |
| 1970s | 4,449 | 4,306 | 4,603 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,506 | 4,377 | 4,676 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,619 | 4,515 | 4,797 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,685 | 4,474 | 4,847 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,785 | 4,494 | 5,004 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,835 | 4,590 | 5,079 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More environment data for Samoa
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.5216 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.39 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.097 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0061 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0018 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.1342 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0288 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Samoa?
- Cooling degree days in Samoa was 5,079 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 5,079 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,306 in 1971.
- How does Samoa rank for cooling degree days?
- Samoa ranks 69th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa 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.