Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Albuquerque
Albuquerque: Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days was 1.26 Days per year in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Albuquerque, 1981–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Days per year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Albuquerque is 1.26 Days per year, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 430.6% on the previous year and up 120.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Albuquerque peaked at 5.24 Days per year in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.0475 Days per year, in 2016.
Albuquerque ranks 1198th of 1323 regions on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.39 Days per year | 0.3569 Days per year | 2.98 Days per year | 9 |
| 1990s | 1.92 Days per year | 0.1427 Days per year | 5.24 Days per year | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.01 Days per year | 0.0476 Days per year | 2.02 Days per year | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8689 Days per year | 0.0475 Days per year | 1.88 Days per year | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.04 Days per year | 0.2378 Days per year | 2.09 Days per year | 5 |
More reference data data for Albuquerque
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 299.12 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -19.88 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs 1,567 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -527.13 Degree days (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation -0.1641 Days per year (2024)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 29.7 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2024)
- Wind threats - Cities and FUAs — Exposure to wind threats 46.15 Percentage of area (2023)
- Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to 0 Percentage of built-up area (2022)
- Main mode of transport to work - Cities and FUAs — Employed persons 281,492 Persons (2023)
- Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Downloading speed 9.1 Percentage of national value (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Albuquerque?
- Precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Albuquerque was 1.26 Days per year in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days recorded in Albuquerque?
- The highest recorded value was 5.24 Days per year in 1998.
- What is the lowest precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days recorded in Albuquerque?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0475 Days per year in 2016.
- How does Albuquerque rank for precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days?
- Albuquerque ranks 1198th out of 1323 regions with data for 2024.
- Is precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days rising or falling in Albuquerque?
- Over the last ten years it is up 120.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Albuquerque data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
<p align="justify">This dataset provides indicators of total precipitation and extreme precipitation days in Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) and cities.</p> <h3>Data sources and methodology</h3> <p align="justify">The indicators use <a href="https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/ECMWF_ERA5_LAND_DAILY_AGGR">ERA5-Land</a> 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. </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> – 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> – 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> 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. 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/1d6">Precipitations - FUAs</a>), <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>