Qender vs West Midlands: Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change

Qender
238.16 Millimetres per year
in 2023
West Midlands
153.49 Millimetres per year
in 2023
Qender rank
51st
West Midlands rank
52nd

Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change over time

  • Qender
  • West Midlands
-2000200400600197920012023

How they compare

Qender currently reports 238.16 Millimetres per year against 153.49 Millimetres per year in West Midlands, a difference of 84.67 Millimetres per year.

That makes Qender's figure about 1.6 times West Midlands's.

The two have swapped places 18 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Qender ahead.

Qender ranks 51st and West Midlands ranks 52nd of 698 regions.

Across the 6 decades both report, Qender averaged higher in 3 and West Midlands in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Qender West Midlands Difference Ahead
1970s 350.25 Millimetres per year 68.07 Millimetres per year 282.18 Millimetres per year Qender
1980s -5.46 Millimetres per year 29.05 Millimetres per year 34.51 Millimetres per year West Midlands
1990s -57.55 Millimetres per year -30.38 Millimetres per year 27.17 Millimetres per year West Midlands
2000s 23.18 Millimetres per year 23.84 Millimetres per year 0.6549 Millimetres per year West Midlands
2010s 143.19 Millimetres per year 16.04 Millimetres per year 127.15 Millimetres per year Qender
2020s 121.82 Millimetres per year 76.86 Millimetres per year 44.96 Millimetres per year Qender

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher exposure to extreme precipitation — annual precipitation change, Qender or West Midlands?
Qender, at 238.16 Millimetres per year against 153.49 Millimetres per year in West Midlands as of 2023.
What is the difference in exposure to extreme precipitation — annual precipitation change between Qender and West Midlands?
84.67 Millimetres per year, with Qender ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Qender and West Midlands?
45 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2023.
How do Qender and West Midlands rank globally for exposure to extreme precipitation — annual precipitation change?
Qender ranks 51st and West Midlands ranks 52nd of 698 regions.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change
Unit
Millimetres per year
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
979 places, 44,055 data points, 1979–2023
Last refreshed

The dataset provides a global assessment of changes in average precipitation by providing the precipitation anomaly and provides a global assessment of extreme precipitation through the use of two precipitation indices, i.e. very heavy precipitation days and frequency of extreme precipitation events. Exposure indicators to extreme precipitation have been prepared jointly by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Energy Agency (IEA). Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The datasets span the period 1979-2022, depending on data availability and are the result of the use of a variety of geospatial data sources as referenced in the Working Paper. The dataset has a global coverage on a national level; on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. A number of aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas and the LAC region. Data source(s): Copernicus Climate Data Store precipitation data (ERA5) and Copernicus Climate Change Initiative land cover data. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Database documentation