Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Sacramento
Sacramento: Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs was 1,152 Degree days in 2025. ▼ Falling
Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Sacramento, 1950–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Degree days.
Analysis
Sacramento recorded 1,152 Degree days for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in 2025.
The figure is down 18.3% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Sacramento peaked at 1,768 Degree days in 1971 and was at its lowest, 1,075 Degree days, in 2014.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 76 years of available data.
Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Sacramento, year by year
| Year | Degree days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1,501 Degree days | — |
| 1951 | 1,614 Degree days | +7.5% |
| 1952 | 1,752 Degree days | +8.6% |
| 1953 | 1,504 Degree days | -14.2% |
| 1954 | 1,505 Degree days | +0.0% |
| 1955 | 1,689 Degree days | +12.3% |
| 1956 | 1,631 Degree days | -3.4% |
| 1957 | 1,561 Degree days | -4.3% |
| 1958 | 1,319 Degree days | -15.5% |
| 1959 | 1,258 Degree days | -4.7% |
| 1960 | 1,559 Degree days | +23.9% |
| 1961 | 1,577 Degree days | +1.2% |
| 1962 | 1,552 Degree days | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 1,635 Degree days | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 1,639 Degree days | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 1,602 Degree days | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 1,506 Degree days | -6.0% |
| 1967 | 1,690 Degree days | +12.3% |
| 1968 | 1,544 Degree days | -8.7% |
| 1969 | 1,718 Degree days | +11.3% |
| 1970 | 1,478 Degree days | -14.0% |
| 1971 | 1,768 Degree days | +19.6% |
| 1972 | 1,659 Degree days | -6.2% |
| 1973 | 1,584 Degree days | -4.5% |
| 1974 | 1,564 Degree days | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 1,709 Degree days | +9.2% |
| 1976 | 1,380 Degree days | -19.3% |
| 1977 | 1,420 Degree days | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 1,475 Degree days | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 1,524 Degree days | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 1,465 Degree days | -3.9% |
| 1981 | 1,333 Degree days | -9.0% |
| 1982 | 1,749 Degree days | +31.2% |
| 1983 | 1,506 Degree days | -13.9% |
| 1984 | 1,531 Degree days | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 1,624 Degree days | +6.1% |
| 1986 | 1,239 Degree days | -23.7% |
| 1987 | 1,419 Degree days | +14.5% |
| 1988 | 1,393 Degree days | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 1,510 Degree days | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 1,491 Degree days | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 1,439 Degree days | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 1,280 Degree days | -11.1% |
| 1993 | 1,450 Degree days | +13.3% |
| 1994 | 1,497 Degree days | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 1,265 Degree days | -15.5% |
| 1996 | 1,290 Degree days | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 1,283 Degree days | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 1,709 Degree days | +33.2% |
| 1999 | 1,522 Degree days | -10.9% |
| 2000 | 1,457 Degree days | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 1,405 Degree days | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 1,438 Degree days | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 1,405 Degree days | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 1,414 Degree days | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 1,337 Degree days | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 1,511 Degree days | +13.0% |
| 2007 | 1,384 Degree days | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 1,455 Degree days | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 1,425 Degree days | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 1,525 Degree days | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 1,596 Degree days | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 1,384 Degree days | -13.3% |
| 2013 | 1,396 Degree days | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 1,075 Degree days | -23.0% |
| 2015 | 1,215 Degree days | +13.0% |
| 2016 | 1,286 Degree days | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 1,314 Degree days | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 1,248 Degree days | -5.0% |
| 2019 | 1,389 Degree days | +11.3% |
| 2020 | 1,234 Degree days | -11.2% |
| 2021 | 1,269 Degree days | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 1,338 Degree days | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 1,591 Degree days | +18.9% |
| 2024 | 1,410 Degree days | -11.4% |
| 2025 | 1,152 Degree days | -18.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,533 Degree days | 1,258 Degree days | 1,752 Degree days | 10 |
| 1960s | 1,602 Degree days | 1,506 Degree days | 1,718 Degree days | 10 |
| 1970s | 1,556 Degree days | 1,380 Degree days | 1,768 Degree days | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,477 Degree days | 1,239 Degree days | 1,749 Degree days | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,423 Degree days | 1,265 Degree days | 1,709 Degree days | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,423 Degree days | 1,337 Degree days | 1,511 Degree days | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,343 Degree days | 1,075 Degree days | 1,596 Degree days | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,332 Degree days | 1,152 Degree days | 1,591 Degree days | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sacramento
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More reference data data for Sacramento
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 232.84 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -223.69 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -291.3 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -785.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs, annual growth rate -18.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -219.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree -63.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days 15.65 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation 3.03 Days per year (2024)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 25.8 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Sacramento?
- Cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Sacramento was 1,152 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 Sacramento?
- The highest recorded value was 1,768 Degree days in 1971.
- What is the lowest cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas recorded in Sacramento?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,075 Degree days in 2014.
- How does Sacramento rank for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas?
- Sacramento ranks 4th out of 9 groups with data for 2025.
- Is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas rising or falling in Sacramento?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sacramento 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