Cooling Degree Days in Tonga
Tonga: Cooling Degree Days was 4,594 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Tonga, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 4,594 for cooling degree days in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Tonga peaked at 4,720 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,658, in 1977.
Tonga ranks 81st 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 | 4,006 | 3,780 | 4,283 | 10 |
| 1970s | 4,036 | 3,658 | 4,315 | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,968 | 3,685 | 4,367 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,036 | 3,760 | 4,264 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,249 | 3,924 | 4,407 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,362 | 3,917 | 4,563 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,526 | 4,361 | 4,720 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More environment data for Tonga
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.2929 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.81 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0593 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0007 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0975 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.037 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Tonga?
- Cooling degree days in Tonga was 4,594 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 4,720 in 2022.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,658 in 1977.
- How does Tonga rank for cooling degree days?
- Tonga ranks 81st out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga 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.