Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Swindon
Swindon: Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs was 1,712 Degree days in 2025. βΌ Falling
Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Swindon, 1950β2025
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 Swindon is 1,712 Degree days, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 76 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.9% on the previous year and down 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Swindon peaked at 2,733 Degree days in 1963 and was at its lowest, 1,712 Degree days, in 2025.
Swindon ranks 556th of 1323 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 76 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2,302 Degree days | 2,035 Degree days | 2,538 Degree days | 10 |
| 1960s | 2,374 Degree days | 2,056 Degree days | 2,733 Degree days | 10 |
| 1970s | 2,293 Degree days | 2,204 Degree days | 2,515 Degree days | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,257 Degree days | 1,962 Degree days | 2,493 Degree days | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,098 Degree days | 1,852 Degree days | 2,428 Degree days | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,026 Degree days | 1,869 Degree days | 2,193 Degree days | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,046 Degree days | 1,800 Degree days | 2,532 Degree days | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,873 Degree days | 1,712 Degree days | 2,016 Degree days | 6 |
More reference data data for Swindon
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs β Cooling degree 12.54 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs β Change in cooling -0.669 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs β Change in heating -422.08 Degree days (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs β Extreme precipitation days 4.3 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs β Change in extreme precipitation 2.56 Days per year (2024)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 25 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2024)
- Wind threats - Cities and FUAs β Exposure to wind threats 0 Percentage of area (2023)
- Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs β Built-up area exposure to 0 Percentage of built-up area (2022)
- Internet speed - Cities and FUAs β Downloading speed 19.4 Percentage of national value (2025)
- Internet speed - Cities and FUAs β Uploading speed 21.9 Percentage of national value (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Swindon?
- Cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Swindon was 1,712 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 Swindon?
- The highest recorded value was 2,733 Degree days in 1963.
- What is the lowest cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas recorded in Swindon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,712 Degree days in 2025.
- How does Swindon rank for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas?
- Swindon ranks 556th out of 1323 regions with data for 2025.
- Is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas rising or falling in Swindon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Swindon 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
<p align="justify">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.</p> <h3>Data sources and methodology</h3> <p align="justify"> The indicators use 0.1-degree resolution grids from the <a href=https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/ECMWF_ERA5_LAND_DAILY_AGGR>ERA5-Land dataset</a>. 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 22Β°C for CDDs and 15Β°C for HDDs.</p> <p align="justify"> 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. </p> <h3>Defining FUAs and cities</h3> <p align="justify">The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/oecd-definition-of-cities-and-functional-urban-areas.html">definition of functional urban areas</a> (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns <a href=https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264174108-en>(OECD, 2012)</a>. FUAs consist of: <ol> <li><b>A city</b> β defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city.</li> <li><b>A commuting zone</b> β including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city.</li> </ol> The delineation process includes: <ul> <li>Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA.</li> <li>Excluding non-contiguous municipalities.</li> </ul> <p> The correspondence table between SAUs and FUAs/cities is available in <a href=https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/cities_local_areas/fua_cities_sau_mapping.parquet>parquet </a> and <a href=https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/cities_local_areas/fua_cities_sau_mapping.csv>csv</a> format. </p> The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries.</p> <h3>Cite this dataset</h3> <p>OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (<a href="http://data-explorer.oecd.org/s/1dj">Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs</a>),Β <a href=http://oe.cd/geostats>http://oe.cd/geostats</a></p> <h3>Further information</h3> <ul> <li> <a href=https://localdataportal.oecd.org/>OECD Local Data Portal </a> </li> <li> <a href=https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-regions-and-cities-at-a-glance-2024_f42db3bf-en.html/>OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance </a> </li> </ul> <p align="justify">For questions and/or comments, please email <a href="mailto:CitiesStat@oecd.org">CitiesStat@oecd.org</a>