Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Las Cruces
Las Cruces: Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs was 667.24 Degree days in 2025. ▼ Falling
Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Las Cruces, 1950–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Degree days.
Analysis
In 2025, cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Las Cruces stood at 667.24 Degree days. That is the lowest value across all 76 years on record.
The figure is down 30.9% on the previous year and down 37.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Las Cruces peaked at 1,446 Degree days in 1960 and was at its lowest, 667.24 Degree days, in 2025.
That places Las Cruces 1006th out of 1314 regions with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 76 years of available data.
Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Las Cruces, year by year
| Year | Degree days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 922.09 Degree days | — |
| 1951 | 1,222 Degree days | +32.5% |
| 1952 | 1,303 Degree days | +6.6% |
| 1953 | 1,236 Degree days | -5.1% |
| 1954 | 1,014 Degree days | -17.9% |
| 1955 | 1,206 Degree days | +18.9% |
| 1956 | 1,275 Degree days | +5.7% |
| 1957 | 1,130 Degree days | -11.4% |
| 1958 | 1,242 Degree days | +9.9% |
| 1959 | 1,135 Degree days | -8.6% |
| 1960 | 1,446 Degree days | +27.4% |
| 1961 | 1,320 Degree days | -8.7% |
| 1962 | 1,190 Degree days | -9.8% |
| 1963 | 1,188 Degree days | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 1,377 Degree days | +15.9% |
| 1965 | 1,146 Degree days | -16.8% |
| 1966 | 1,263 Degree days | +10.3% |
| 1967 | 1,140 Degree days | -9.8% |
| 1968 | 1,410 Degree days | +23.7% |
| 1969 | 1,260 Degree days | -10.6% |
| 1970 | 1,210 Degree days | -4.0% |
| 1971 | 1,217 Degree days | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 1,155 Degree days | -5.2% |
| 1973 | 1,365 Degree days | +18.2% |
| 1974 | 1,215 Degree days | -11.0% |
| 1975 | 1,355 Degree days | +11.5% |
| 1976 | 1,360 Degree days | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 1,116 Degree days | -18.0% |
| 1978 | 1,228 Degree days | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 1,281 Degree days | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 1,133 Degree days | -11.5% |
| 1981 | 971.97 Degree days | -14.2% |
| 1982 | 1,123 Degree days | +15.5% |
| 1983 | 1,269 Degree days | +13.1% |
| 1984 | 1,205 Degree days | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 1,229 Degree days | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 1,086 Degree days | -11.7% |
| 1987 | 1,306 Degree days | +20.3% |
| 1988 | 1,180 Degree days | -9.7% |
| 1989 | 986.21 Degree days | -16.4% |
| 1990 | 1,108 Degree days | +12.3% |
| 1991 | 1,162 Degree days | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 1,357 Degree days | +16.8% |
| 1993 | 1,081 Degree days | -20.3% |
| 1994 | 1,030 Degree days | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 937.72 Degree days | -9.0% |
| 1996 | 947.76 Degree days | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 1,292 Degree days | +36.3% |
| 1998 | 1,147 Degree days | -11.2% |
| 1999 | 953.65 Degree days | -16.9% |
| 2000 | 1,060 Degree days | +11.1% |
| 2001 | 1,119 Degree days | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 1,155 Degree days | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 1,003 Degree days | -13.2% |
| 2004 | 1,195 Degree days | +19.1% |
| 2005 | 1,018 Degree days | -14.8% |
| 2006 | 955.94 Degree days | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 1,120 Degree days | +17.2% |
| 2008 | 1,018 Degree days | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 1,019 Degree days | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,136 Degree days | +11.5% |
| 2011 | 1,191 Degree days | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 941.86 Degree days | -20.9% |
| 2013 | 1,184 Degree days | +25.7% |
| 2014 | 886.33 Degree days | -25.1% |
| 2015 | 1,066 Degree days | +20.3% |
| 2016 | 927.12 Degree days | -13.0% |
| 2017 | 787.81 Degree days | -15.0% |
| 2018 | 915.84 Degree days | +16.3% |
| 2019 | 1,071 Degree days | +16.9% |
| 2020 | 944.2 Degree days | -11.8% |
| 2021 | 853.06 Degree days | -9.7% |
| 2022 | 1,082 Degree days | +26.8% |
| 2023 | 1,056 Degree days | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 965.78 Degree days | -8.6% |
| 2025 | 667.24 Degree days | -30.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,168 Degree days | 922.09 Degree days | 1,303 Degree days | 10 |
| 1960s | 1,274 Degree days | 1,140 Degree days | 1,446 Degree days | 10 |
| 1970s | 1,250 Degree days | 1,116 Degree days | 1,365 Degree days | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,149 Degree days | 971.97 Degree days | 1,306 Degree days | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,102 Degree days | 937.72 Degree days | 1,357 Degree days | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,066 Degree days | 955.94 Degree days | 1,195 Degree days | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,011 Degree days | 787.81 Degree days | 1,191 Degree days | 10 |
| 2020s | 928.05 Degree days | 667.24 Degree days | 1,082 Degree days | 6 |
More reference data data for Las Cruces
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 718.96 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling 22.26 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -438.46 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -213.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs, annual growth rate -30.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -92.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree -27.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days 0 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation -1.42 Days per year (2024)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 27.4 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Las Cruces?
- Cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Las Cruces was 667.24 Degree days in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas recorded in Las Cruces?
- The highest recorded value was 1,446 Degree days in 1960.
- What is the lowest cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas recorded in Las Cruces?
- The lowest recorded value was 667.24 Degree days in 2025.
- How does Las Cruces rank for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas?
- Las Cruces ranks 1006th out of 1314 regions with data for 2025.
- Is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas rising or falling in Las Cruces?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Las Cruces data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides indicators of Cooling and Heating Degree Days (CDDs and HDDs) for FUAs and cities. CDDs and HDDs are measurements used to estimate energy usage based on outdoor temperature. CDD measures the demand for cooling, while HDD measures the demand for heating, both calculated relative to a baseline temperature. Data sources and methodology The indicators use 0.1-degree resolution grids from the ERA5-Land dataset. ERA5-Land is used as it provides harmonised, globally consistent coverage at fine spatial resolution (0.1 degree), enabling the production of comparable subnational indicators also where national meteorological data are not available at the required scale. Annual CDDs are the sum over a year of the differences between the daily mean outdoor air temperature and the threshold temperature when the outdoor temperature is above the threshold temperature. HDDs are the sum over a year of the differences between the threshold temperature and the daily mean outdoor air temperature when the outdoor temperature is below the threshold temperature. Threshold temperatures are set to 22°C for CDDs and 15°C for HDDs. These estimates may differ from official subnational climate statistics due to differences in methodological approaches, such as the use of reanalysis based top down modelling versus in situ observations, along with variations in input data sources, spatial resolution, and the models and algorithms used to generate temperature estimates. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The correspondence table between SAUs and FUAs/cities is available in parquet and csv format. The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org