Cooling Degree Days in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Cooling Degree Days was 5,931 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Trinidad and Tobago, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cooling degree days in Trinidad and Tobago is 5,931, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 6.1% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 5,931 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,607, in 1984.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 36th out of 192 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 4,887 | 4,761 | 5,199 | 10 |
| 1970s | 4,817 | 4,626 | 4,983 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,889 | 4,607 | 5,232 | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,070 | 4,913 | 5,381 | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,225 | 4,948 | 5,488 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,396 | 5,179 | 5,670 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,480 | 5,177 | 5,931 | 5 |
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More environment data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 33.59 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 24.55 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0841 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0045 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0011 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 4.7 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0076 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0118 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.25 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Cooling degree days in Trinidad and Tobago was 5,931 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 5,931 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,607 in 1984.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for cooling degree days?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 36th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.