Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation in Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset: Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation was 4.83 Days per year in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation in Bath and North East Somerset, 1981–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Days per year.
Analysis
Bath and North East Somerset recorded 4.83 Days per year for precipitation - cities and fuas — change in extreme precipitation in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3,006.5% on the previous year and up 730.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, precipitation - cities and fuas — change in extreme precipitation in Bath and North East Somerset peaked at 8.43 Days per year in 2012 and was at its lowest, -2.07 Days per year, in 1990.
Bath and North East Somerset ranks 176th of 1314 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation in Bath and North East Somerset, year by year
| Year | Days per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | -0.5665 Days per year | — |
| 1982 | 2.83 Days per year | -600.1% |
| 1983 | 0.2337 Days per year | -91.7% |
| 1984 | -0.8664 Days per year | -470.7% |
| 1985 | -1.77 Days per year | +103.9% |
| 1986 | -0.1667 Days per year | -90.6% |
| 1987 | -0.466 Days per year | +179.5% |
| 1988 | 0.8333 Days per year | -278.8% |
| 1989 | -1.27 Days per year | -252.0% |
| 1990 | -2.07 Days per year | +63.1% |
| 1991 | -0.3667 Days per year | -82.3% |
| 1992 | 0.7332 Days per year | -299.9% |
| 1993 | -1.07 Days per year | -245.5% |
| 1994 | -0.3656 Days per year | -65.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0333 Days per year | -109.1% |
| 1996 | -1.67 Days per year | -5109.4% |
| 1997 | -0.9667 Days per year | -42.0% |
| 1998 | 0.1336 Days per year | -113.8% |
| 1999 | 2.03 Days per year | +1421.5% |
| 2000 | 1.63 Days per year | -19.7% |
| 2001 | -0.3669 Days per year | -122.5% |
| 2002 | 1.53 Days per year | -517.8% |
| 2003 | -1.27 Days per year | -182.6% |
| 2004 | -2.07 Days per year | +63.2% |
| 2005 | -1.57 Days per year | -24.2% |
| 2006 | -0.4668 Days per year | -70.2% |
| 2007 | 2.83 Days per year | -706.8% |
| 2008 | 3.73 Days per year | +31.8% |
| 2009 | 1.13 Days per year | -69.6% |
| 2010 | -0.3667 Days per year | -132.3% |
| 2011 | -1.87 Days per year | +409.1% |
| 2012 | 8.43 Days per year | -551.7% |
| 2013 | -1.17 Days per year | -113.8% |
| 2014 | -0.7665 Days per year | -34.3% |
| 2015 | 0.5336 Days per year | -169.6% |
| 2016 | 0.8333 Days per year | +56.2% |
| 2017 | -0.7667 Days per year | -192.0% |
| 2018 | -1.97 Days per year | +156.5% |
| 2019 | 1.53 Days per year | -178.0% |
| 2020 | 3.43 Days per year | +123.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0335 Days per year | -99.0% |
| 2022 | -0.6668 Days per year | -2090.6% |
| 2023 | -0.1663 Days per year | -75.1% |
| 2024 | 4.83 Days per year | -3006.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -0.1332 Days per year | -1.77 Days per year | 2.83 Days per year | 9 |
| 1990s | -0.3567 Days per year | -2.07 Days per year | 2.03 Days per year | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5133 Days per year | -2.07 Days per year | 3.73 Days per year | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4433 Days per year | -1.97 Days per year | 8.43 Days per year | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.49 Days per year | -0.6668 Days per year | 4.83 Days per year | 5 |
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- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -406.15 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -107.43 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs, annual growth rate -11.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -144.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree -31.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days 7 Days per year (2024)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 29.8 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is precipitation - cities and fuas — change in extreme precipitation in Bath and North East Somerset?
- Precipitation - cities and fuas — change in extreme precipitation in Bath and North East Somerset was 4.83 Days per year in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest precipitation - cities and fuas — change in extreme precipitation recorded in Bath and North East Somerset?
- The highest recorded value was 8.43 Days per year in 2012.
- What is the lowest precipitation - cities and fuas — change in extreme precipitation recorded in Bath and North East Somerset?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.07 Days per year in 1990.
- How does Bath and North East Somerset rank for precipitation - cities and fuas — change in extreme precipitation?
- Bath and North East Somerset ranks 176th out of 1314 regions with data for 2024.
- Is precipitation - cities and fuas — change in extreme precipitation rising or falling in Bath and North East Somerset?
- Over the last ten years it is up 730.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bath and North East Somerset data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation days from 1981-2010 period. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides indicators of total precipitation and extreme precipitation days in Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) and cities. Data sources and methodology The indicators use ERA5-Land data. Total precipitation is the sum of all liquid and frozen water—such as rain and snow—that reaches the Earth's surface each year. It excludes fog, dew, and any precipitation that evaporates before reaching the ground. Extreme precipitation days are defined as days with more than 20 mm of total precipitation. 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. 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 (Precipitations - 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