Heating Degree Days, gaps filled in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Heating Degree Days, gaps filled was 4.39 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Heating Degree Days, gaps filled in Dominican Republic, 1960–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 4.39 for heating degree days, gaps filled in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of down 57.0% on the previous year and down 50.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, heating degree days, gaps filled in Dominican Republic peaked at 39.85 in 1999 and was at its lowest, 4.39, in 2024.
Dominican Republic ranks 130th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Heating Degree Days, gaps filled in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 27.23 | — |
| 1961 | 27.59 | +1.3% |
| 1962 | 26.36 | -4.5% |
| 1963 | 25.48 | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 28.47 | +11.7% |
| 1965 | 36.28 | +27.4% |
| 1966 | 38.25 | +5.4% |
| 1967 | 30.37 | -20.6% |
| 1968 | 35.92 | +18.3% |
| 1969 | 19.2 | -46.5% |
| 1970 | 21.18 | +10.3% |
| 1971 | 25.84 | +22.0% |
| 1972 | 23.06 | -10.8% |
| 1973 | 19.61 | -15.0% |
| 1974 | 25.68 | +31.0% |
| 1975 | 33.82 | +31.7% |
| 1976 | 37.76 | +11.6% |
| 1977 | 9.27 | -75.5% |
| 1978 | 15.13 | +63.2% |
| 1979 | 29.72 | +96.4% |
| 1980 | 15.95 | -46.3% |
| 1981 | 17.77 | +11.4% |
| 1982 | 28.19 | +58.6% |
| 1983 | 10.35 | -63.3% |
| 1984 | 21.35 | +106.3% |
| 1985 | 22.52 | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 19.67 | -12.7% |
| 1987 | 10.17 | -48.3% |
| 1988 | 18.87 | +85.5% |
| 1989 | 23.12 | +22.5% |
| 1990 | 19.86 | -14.1% |
| 1991 | 21.96 | +10.6% |
| 1992 | 16.48 | -25.0% |
| 1993 | 19.46 | +18.1% |
| 1994 | 15.86 | -18.5% |
| 1995 | 16.78 | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 29.93 | +78.4% |
| 1997 | 13.59 | -54.6% |
| 1998 | 10.74 | -21.0% |
| 1999 | 39.85 | +271.0% |
| 2000 | 33.54 | -15.8% |
| 2001 | 15.67 | -53.3% |
| 2002 | 11.96 | -23.7% |
| 2003 | 11.54 | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 21.6 | +87.2% |
| 2005 | 22.52 | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 15.09 | -33.0% |
| 2007 | 11.55 | -23.5% |
| 2008 | 26.36 | +128.2% |
| 2009 | 23.42 | -11.2% |
| 2010 | 18.33 | -21.7% |
| 2011 | 18.88 | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 18.44 | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 12.2 | -33.8% |
| 2014 | 8.95 | -26.6% |
| 2015 | 8.82 | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 7.38 | -16.3% |
| 2017 | 12.69 | +72.0% |
| 2018 | 11.82 | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 6.46 | -45.3% |
| 2020 | 7.55 | +16.9% |
| 2021 | 8.19 | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 10.19 | +24.4% |
| 2023 | 10.22 | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 4.39 | -57.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Heating Degree Days, gaps filled in Dominican Republic changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +271.0% | 10.74 | 39.85 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29.51 | 19.2 | 38.25 | 10 |
| 1970s | 24.11 | 9.27 | 37.76 | 10 |
| 1980s | 18.8 | 10.17 | 28.19 | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.45 | 10.74 | 39.85 | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.32 | 11.54 | 33.54 | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.4 | 6.46 | 18.88 | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.11 | 4.39 | 10.22 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More environment data for Dominican Republic
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.272 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.12 °C (2025)
- Cooling Degree Days, annual growth rate 2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Heating Degree Days, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Heating Degree Days, per capita 0 units per person (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value 8.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is heating degree days, gaps filled in Dominican Republic?
- Heating degree days, gaps filled in Dominican Republic was 4.39 in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest heating degree days, gaps filled recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 39.85 in 1999.
- What is the lowest heating degree days, gaps filled recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.39 in 2024.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for heating degree days, gaps filled?
- Dominican Republic ranks 130th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is heating degree days, gaps filled rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Heating Degree Days, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Heating Degree Days with 237 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Heating Degree Days World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Heating Degree Days with 237 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.