Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Arica
Arica: Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days was 0.4748 Days per year in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Arica, 1981–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Days per year.
Analysis
Arica recorded 0.4748 Days per year for precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in 2024.
That represents a change of up 154.4% on the previous year and up 210.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Arica peaked at 2.26 Days per year in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0 Days per year, in 1988.
That places Arica 1263rd out of 1314 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Arica, year by year
| Year | Days per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 1.03 Days per year | — |
| 1982 | 0.2377 Days per year | -77.0% |
| 1983 | 0.3561 Days per year | +49.8% |
| 1984 | 0.5596 Days per year | +57.1% |
| 1985 | 0.2375 Days per year | -57.6% |
| 1986 | 1.46 Days per year | +514.3% |
| 1987 | 0.628 Days per year | -57.0% |
| 1988 | 0 Days per year | -100.0% |
| 1989 | 0.6787 Days per year | — |
| 1990 | 0.3559 Days per year | -47.6% |
| 1991 | 0.305 Days per year | -14.3% |
| 1992 | 0.3392 Days per year | +11.2% |
| 1993 | 0.7803 Days per year | +130.0% |
| 1994 | 0.5088 Days per year | -34.8% |
| 1995 | 0.7291 Days per year | +43.3% |
| 1996 | 0 Days per year | -100.0% |
| 1997 | 0.4582 Days per year | — |
| 1998 | 0.3561 Days per year | -22.3% |
| 1999 | 0.3052 Days per year | -14.3% |
| 2000 | 0.1868 Days per year | -38.8% |
| 2001 | 0.4914 Days per year | +163.1% |
| 2002 | 0.4748 Days per year | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 0 Days per year | -100.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4922 Days per year | — |
| 2005 | 0.5259 Days per year | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 0.4579 Days per year | -12.9% |
| 2007 | 0.1526 Days per year | -66.7% |
| 2008 | 0.1865 Days per year | +22.2% |
| 2009 | 0.017 Days per year | -90.9% |
| 2010 | 0.1189 Days per year | +601.0% |
| 2011 | 0.6275 Days per year | +427.9% |
| 2012 | 1.24 Days per year | +97.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0848 Days per year | -93.1% |
| 2014 | 0.1529 Days per year | +80.2% |
| 2015 | 0.1356 Days per year | -11.3% |
| 2016 | 1.07 Days per year | +687.7% |
| 2017 | 0.6954 Days per year | -34.9% |
| 2018 | 0.1188 Days per year | -82.9% |
| 2019 | 2 Days per year | +1584.4% |
| 2020 | 2.26 Days per year | +12.7% |
| 2021 | 0.5427 Days per year | -75.9% |
| 2022 | 0.1696 Days per year | -68.7% |
| 2023 | 0.1866 Days per year | +10.0% |
| 2024 | 0.4748 Days per year | +154.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Arica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +1584.4% | 0.1188 Days per year | 2 Days per year |
| 2016 | +687.7% | 0.1356 Days per year | 1.07 Days per year |
| 2010 | +601.0% | 0.017 Days per year | 0.1189 Days per year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5768 Days per year | 0 Days per year | 1.46 Days per year | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.4138 Days per year | 0 Days per year | 0.7803 Days per year | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2985 Days per year | 0 Days per year | 0.5259 Days per year | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6241 Days per year | 0.0848 Days per year | 2 Days per year | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7258 Days per year | 0.1696 Days per year | 2.26 Days per year | 5 |
More reference data data for Arica
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- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -51.8 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs 500.19 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -218.38 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -43.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs, annual growth rate -11.76 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -237.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree -88.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation 0.0603 Days per year (2024)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 18.7 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Arica?
- Precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Arica was 0.4748 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 Arica?
- The highest recorded value was 2.26 Days per year in 2020.
- What is the lowest precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days recorded in Arica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 Days per year in 1988.
- How does Arica rank for precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days?
- Arica ranks 1263rd out of 1314 regions with data for 2024.
- Is precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days rising or falling in Arica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 210.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Arica 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
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