Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Peterborough
Peterborough: Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs was 1,649 Degree days in 2025. ▼ Falling
Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Peterborough, 1950–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Degree days.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Peterborough is 1,649 Degree days, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 76 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.5% on the previous year and down 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Peterborough peaked at 2,601 Degree days in 1963 and was at its lowest, 1,649 Degree days, in 2025.
That places Peterborough 594th out of 1314 regions with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 76 years of available data.
Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Peterborough, year by year
| Year | Degree days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 2,221 Degree days | — |
| 1951 | 2,274 Degree days | +2.4% |
| 1952 | 2,342 Degree days | +3.0% |
| 1953 | 2,124 Degree days | -9.3% |
| 1954 | 2,262 Degree days | +6.5% |
| 1955 | 2,456 Degree days | +8.6% |
| 1956 | 2,512 Degree days | +2.2% |
| 1957 | 2,040 Degree days | -18.8% |
| 1958 | 2,266 Degree days | +11.1% |
| 1959 | 2,003 Degree days | -11.6% |
| 1960 | 2,102 Degree days | +4.9% |
| 1961 | 1,979 Degree days | -5.8% |
| 1962 | 2,518 Degree days | +27.2% |
| 1963 | 2,601 Degree days | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 2,284 Degree days | -12.2% |
| 1965 | 2,316 Degree days | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 2,200 Degree days | -5.0% |
| 1967 | 2,115 Degree days | -3.9% |
| 1968 | 2,229 Degree days | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 2,467 Degree days | +10.7% |
| 1970 | 2,238 Degree days | -9.3% |
| 1971 | 2,105 Degree days | -5.9% |
| 1972 | 2,176 Degree days | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 2,228 Degree days | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 2,145 Degree days | -3.8% |
| 1975 | 2,182 Degree days | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 2,194 Degree days | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 2,167 Degree days | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 2,250 Degree days | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 2,440 Degree days | +8.5% |
| 1980 | 2,233 Degree days | -8.5% |
| 1981 | 2,321 Degree days | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 2,088 Degree days | -10.0% |
| 1983 | 2,118 Degree days | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 2,202 Degree days | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 2,364 Degree days | +7.4% |
| 1986 | 2,395 Degree days | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 2,316 Degree days | -3.3% |
| 1988 | 2,020 Degree days | -12.8% |
| 1989 | 1,889 Degree days | -6.5% |
| 1990 | 1,741 Degree days | -7.8% |
| 1991 | 2,182 Degree days | +25.3% |
| 1992 | 2,068 Degree days | -5.2% |
| 1993 | 2,124 Degree days | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 1,947 Degree days | -8.3% |
| 1995 | 2,013 Degree days | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 2,338 Degree days | +16.2% |
| 1997 | 1,929 Degree days | -17.5% |
| 1998 | 1,904 Degree days | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 1,861 Degree days | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 1,934 Degree days | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 2,136 Degree days | +10.4% |
| 2002 | 1,785 Degree days | -16.4% |
| 2003 | 1,941 Degree days | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 1,899 Degree days | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 1,910 Degree days | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 1,865 Degree days | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 1,796 Degree days | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 2,016 Degree days | +12.3% |
| 2009 | 1,989 Degree days | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 2,421 Degree days | +21.7% |
| 2011 | 1,712 Degree days | -29.3% |
| 2012 | 2,138 Degree days | +24.9% |
| 2013 | 2,248 Degree days | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 1,703 Degree days | -24.3% |
| 2015 | 1,838 Degree days | +7.9% |
| 2016 | 1,963 Degree days | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 1,805 Degree days | -8.0% |
| 2018 | 1,888 Degree days | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 1,889 Degree days | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,780 Degree days | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 1,953 Degree days | +9.7% |
| 2022 | 1,709 Degree days | -12.5% |
| 2023 | 1,888 Degree days | +10.5% |
| 2024 | 1,803 Degree days | -4.5% |
| 2025 | 1,649 Degree days | -8.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2,250 Degree days | 2,003 Degree days | 2,512 Degree days | 10 |
| 1960s | 2,281 Degree days | 1,979 Degree days | 2,601 Degree days | 10 |
| 1970s | 2,212 Degree days | 2,105 Degree days | 2,440 Degree days | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,194 Degree days | 1,889 Degree days | 2,395 Degree days | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,011 Degree days | 1,741 Degree days | 2,338 Degree days | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,927 Degree days | 1,785 Degree days | 2,136 Degree days | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,961 Degree days | 1,703 Degree days | 2,421 Degree days | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,797 Degree days | 1,649 Degree days | 1,953 Degree days | 6 |
More reference data data for Peterborough
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 12.3 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -6.02 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -401.25 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -62.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs, annual growth rate -8.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -348.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree -40.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days 8.67 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation -0.5427 Days per year (2024)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 22.4 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Peterborough?
- Cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Peterborough was 1,649 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 Peterborough?
- The highest recorded value was 2,601 Degree days in 1963.
- What is the lowest cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas recorded in Peterborough?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,649 Degree days in 2025.
- How does Peterborough rank for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas?
- Peterborough ranks 594th out of 1314 regions with data for 2025.
- Is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas rising or falling in Peterborough?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peterborough 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