Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Armenia
Armenia: Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days was 112.44 Days per year in 2024. ▼ Falling
Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Armenia, 1981–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Days per year.
Analysis
In 2024, precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Armenia stood at 112.44 Days per year.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Armenia peaked at 202.45 Days per year in 1988 and was at its lowest, 104.33 Days per year, in 2015.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 158.69 Days per year | 121.45 Days per year | 202.45 Days per year | 9 |
| 1990s | 156.35 Days per year | 122.89 Days per year | 199.67 Days per year | 10 |
| 2000s | 146.81 Days per year | 117 Days per year | 190.67 Days per year | 10 |
| 2010s | 137.07 Days per year | 104.33 Days per year | 176.22 Days per year | 10 |
| 2020s | 127.49 Days per year | 112.44 Days per year | 155.22 Days per year | 5 |
Countries ranked near Armenia
- 2 Luxembourg 8.67 Days per year compare
More reference data data for Armenia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0385 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3778 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.7338 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0232 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.7338 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.129 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1265 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Armenia?
- Precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Armenia was 112.44 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 Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 202.45 Days per year in 1988.
- What is the lowest precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 104.33 Days per year in 2015.
- How does Armenia rank for precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days?
- Armenia ranks 1st out of 2 countries with data for 2024.
- Is precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Armenia 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>