Cooling Degree Days in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Cooling Degree Days was 3,228 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Zimbabwe, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 3,228 for cooling degree days in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.4% on the previous year and up 34.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Zimbabwe peaked at 3,228 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,632, in 1974.
That places Zimbabwe 110th out of 192 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 2,101 | 1,894 | 2,245 | 10 |
| 1970s | 2,009 | 1,632 | 2,381 | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,278 | 1,876 | 2,859 | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,449 | 2,107 | 3,012 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,387 | 2,017 | 2,817 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,629 | 2,231 | 2,988 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,751 | 2,496 | 3,228 | 5 |
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More environment data for Zimbabwe
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 30.78 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.85 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 9.2 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.9067 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0093 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 12.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0022 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0156 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.6 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Zimbabwe?
- Cooling degree days in Zimbabwe was 3,228 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 3,228 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,632 in 1974.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for cooling degree days?
- Zimbabwe ranks 110th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.