Cooling Degree Days in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Cooling Degree Days was 5,688 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Solomon Islands, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
In 2024, cooling degree days in Solomon Islands stood at 5,688. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Solomon Islands peaked at 5,688 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,568, in 1965.
Solomon Islands ranks 47th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top 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 | 4,798 | 4,568 | 4,949 | 10 |
| 1970s | 4,888 | 4,782 | 5,091 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,938 | 4,864 | 5,102 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,973 | 4,800 | 5,096 | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,079 | 4,994 | 5,210 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,308 | 5,219 | 5,464 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,493 | 5,387 | 5,688 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
- 44 Suriname 5,800 compare
- 45 Cote d'Ivoire 5,798 compare
- 46 Seychelles 5,736 compare
- 48 Guinea 5,652 compare
- 49 Sierra Leone 5,609 compare
- 50 Dominica 5,584 compare
More environment data for Solomon Islands
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.6198 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.7566 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0552 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0119 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0046 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.2721 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.1998 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Solomon Islands?
- Cooling degree days in Solomon Islands was 5,688 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 5,688 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,568 in 1965.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for cooling degree days?
- Solomon Islands ranks 47th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.