Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation in Madrid
Madrid: Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation was 0.258 Days per year in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation in Madrid, 1981–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Days per year.
Analysis
Madrid recorded 0.258 Days per year for precipitation - cities and fuas — change in extreme precipitation in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 87.5% on the previous year and up 124.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, precipitation - cities and fuas — change in extreme precipitation in Madrid peaked at 4.46 Days per year in 1997 and was at its lowest, -2.79 Days per year, in 1994.
Madrid ranks 803rd of 1314 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Madrid, year by year
| Year | Days per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 1.01 Days per year | — |
| 1982 | 1.71 Days per year | +69.5% |
| 1983 | -1.59 Days per year | -193.3% |
| 1984 | 1.36 Days per year | -185.2% |
| 1985 | -2.09 Days per year | -254.1% |
| 1986 | -1.39 Days per year | -33.4% |
| 1987 | 0.4067 Days per year | -129.2% |
| 1988 | 0.7552 Days per year | +85.7% |
| 1989 | 3.66 Days per year | +384.3% |
| 1990 | -1.24 Days per year | -134.0% |
| 1991 | 0.957 Days per year | -177.0% |
| 1992 | -2.54 Days per year | -365.7% |
| 1993 | 0.4564 Days per year | -117.9% |
| 1994 | -2.79 Days per year | -711.9% |
| 1995 | -1.79 Days per year | -35.8% |
| 1996 | 2.2 Days per year | -223.0% |
| 1997 | 4.46 Days per year | +102.1% |
| 1998 | -1.84 Days per year | -141.3% |
| 1999 | -0.1434 Days per year | -92.2% |
| 2000 | -0.1941 Days per year | +35.4% |
| 2001 | 0.1554 Days per year | -180.1% |
| 2002 | -1.59 Days per year | -1125.1% |
| 2003 | 1.86 Days per year | -216.5% |
| 2004 | -0.443 Days per year | -123.9% |
| 2005 | -2.44 Days per year | +451.5% |
| 2006 | 0.7559 Days per year | -130.9% |
| 2007 | 0.7061 Days per year | -6.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0566 Days per year | -92.0% |
| 2009 | -0.993 Days per year | -1855.7% |
| 2010 | 0.607 Days per year | -161.1% |
| 2011 | 0.6552 Days per year | +7.9% |
| 2012 | -0.2927 Days per year | -144.7% |
| 2013 | -0.5941 Days per year | +103.0% |
| 2014 | -1.04 Days per year | +75.4% |
| 2015 | -1.74 Days per year | +67.2% |
| 2016 | 1.51 Days per year | -186.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0577 Days per year | -96.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0553 Days per year | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 0.958 Days per year | +1631.8% |
| 2020 | -0.4433 Days per year | -146.3% |
| 2021 | -0.5925 Days per year | +33.7% |
| 2022 | 0.5562 Days per year | -193.9% |
| 2023 | 2.06 Days per year | +269.8% |
| 2024 | 0.258 Days per year | -87.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4236 Days per year | -2.09 Days per year | 3.66 Days per year | 9 |
| 1990s | -0.2283 Days per year | -2.79 Days per year | 4.46 Days per year | 10 |
| 2000s | -0.2136 Days per year | -2.44 Days per year | 1.86 Days per year | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0168 Days per year | -1.74 Days per year | 1.51 Days per year | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3671 Days per year | -0.5925 Days per year | 2.06 Days per year | 5 |
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- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 433.29 Degree days (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days 3.05 Days per year (2024)
- Exposure to extreme temperature — Annual temperature change 1.08 Degrees celsius (2023)
- Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change -15.48 Millimetres per year (2023)
- Assumptions for probability of dying by age, sex, type of projection 0.0002 (2100)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is precipitation - cities and fuas — change in extreme precipitation in Madrid?
- Precipitation - cities and fuas — change in extreme precipitation in Madrid was 0.258 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 Madrid?
- The highest recorded value was 4.46 Days per year in 1997.
- What is the lowest precipitation - cities and fuas — change in extreme precipitation recorded in Madrid?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.79 Days per year in 1994.
- How does Madrid rank for precipitation - cities and fuas — change in extreme precipitation?
- Madrid ranks 803rd out of 1314 regions with data for 2024.
- Is precipitation - cities and fuas — change in extreme precipitation rising or falling in Madrid?
- Over the last ten years it is up 124.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Madrid 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