Temperature change in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Temperature change was 0.886 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Cook Islands, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
Cook Islands recorded 0.886 °C for temperature change in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.7% on the previous year and up 1,708.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Cook Islands peaked at 1.21 °C in 1998 and was at its lowest, -0.366 °C, in 1968.
Cook Islands ranks 223rd of 254 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Temperature change in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.186 °C | — |
| 1962 | -0.024 °C | -112.9% |
| 1963 | -0.06 °C | +150.0% |
| 1964 | 0.208 °C | -446.7% |
| 1965 | -0.331 °C | -259.1% |
| 1966 | 0.064 °C | -119.3% |
| 1967 | -0.346 °C | -640.6% |
| 1968 | -0.366 °C | +5.8% |
| 1969 | -0.018 °C | -95.1% |
| 1970 | 0.226 °C | -1355.6% |
| 1971 | -0.1 °C | -144.2% |
| 1972 | -0.051 °C | -49.0% |
| 1973 | 0.455 °C | -992.2% |
| 1974 | -0.199 °C | -143.7% |
| 1975 | -0.275 °C | +38.2% |
| 1976 | -0.295 °C | +7.3% |
| 1977 | 0.153 °C | -151.9% |
| 1978 | 0.114 °C | -25.5% |
| 1979 | 0.128 °C | +12.3% |
| 1980 | 0.238 °C | +85.9% |
| 1981 | 0.081 °C | -66.0% |
| 1982 | 0.053 °C | -34.6% |
| 1983 | 0.224 °C | +322.6% |
| 1984 | 0.061 °C | -72.8% |
| 1985 | 0.077 °C | +26.2% |
| 1986 | 0.319 °C | +314.3% |
| 1987 | 0.116 °C | -63.6% |
| 1988 | 0.371 °C | +219.8% |
| 1989 | 0.142 °C | -61.7% |
| 1990 | 0.221 °C | +55.6% |
| 1991 | 0.516 °C | +133.5% |
| 1992 | 0.497 °C | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 0.253 °C | -49.1% |
| 1994 | 0.298 °C | +17.8% |
| 1995 | 0.532 °C | +78.5% |
| 1996 | 0.525 °C | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.046 °C | -91.2% |
| 1998 | 1.21 °C | +2523.9% |
| 1999 | 1.1 °C | -8.6% |
| 2000 | 0.752 °C | -31.8% |
| 2001 | 0.816 °C | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 0.706 °C | -13.5% |
| 2003 | 0.644 °C | -8.8% |
| 2004 | 0.705 °C | +9.5% |
| 2005 | 0.594 °C | -15.7% |
| 2006 | 0.793 °C | +33.5% |
| 2007 | 0.824 °C | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 0.688 °C | -16.5% |
| 2009 | 0.521 °C | -24.3% |
| 2010 | 1.02 °C | +95.4% |
| 2011 | 0.861 °C | -15.4% |
| 2012 | 0.605 °C | -29.7% |
| 2013 | 0.838 °C | +38.5% |
| 2014 | 0.638 °C | -23.9% |
| 2015 | 0.049 °C | -92.3% |
| 2016 | 0.789 °C | +1510.2% |
| 2017 | 1.15 °C | +46.3% |
| 2018 | 0.717 °C | -37.9% |
| 2019 | 0.644 °C | -10.2% |
| 2020 | 0.753 °C | +16.9% |
| 2021 | 1.05 °C | +38.9% |
| 2022 | 0.957 °C | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 0.436 °C | -54.4% |
| 2024 | 0.786 °C | +80.3% |
| 2025 | 0.886 °C | +12.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Cook Islands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +2523.9% | 0.046 °C | 1.21 °C |
| 2016 | +1510.2% | 0.049 °C | 0.789 °C |
| 1970 | +1355.6% | -0.018 °C | 0.226 °C |
| 1973 | +992.2% | -0.051 °C | 0.455 °C |
| 1967 | -640.6% | 0.064 °C | -0.346 °C |
| 1964 | +446.7% | -0.06 °C | 0.208 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0763 °C | -0.366 °C | 0.208 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0156 °C | -0.295 °C | 0.455 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1682 °C | 0.053 °C | 0.371 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5198 °C | 0.046 °C | 1.21 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7043 °C | 0.521 °C | 0.824 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7313 °C | 0.049 °C | 1.15 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8107 °C | 0.436 °C | 1.05 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cook Islands
- 220 Maldives 0.911 °C compare
- 221 Philippines 0.905 °C compare
- 222 Polynesia 0.894 °C compare
- 224 French Southern Territories 0.866 °C compare
- 225 French Polynesia 0.863 °C compare
- 226 Tonga 0.858 °C compare
More environment data for Cook Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.214 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 15.19 million SLC (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ -8.44 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 2.32 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth -8.44 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth 3.91 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP 1.78 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 9.19 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 9.38 million SLC (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Cook Islands?
- Temperature change in Cook Islands was 0.886 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.21 °C in 1998.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.366 °C in 1968.
- How does Cook Islands rank for temperature change?
- Cook Islands ranks 223rd out of 254 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,708.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cook Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Temperature change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Temperature change on land domain disseminates statistics of mean surface temperature change by country, with annual updates. Statistics are available for monthly, seasonal and annual mean temperature anomalies, i.e., temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology, corresponding to the period 1951–1980. The standard deviation of the temperature change of the baseline methodology is also available. Data are based on the publicly available GISTEMP data, the Global Surface Temperature Change data distributed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA-GISS).