Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Catania
Catania: Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days was 2.25 Days per year in 2024. ▲ Rising
Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Catania, 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 Catania stood at 2.25 Days per year.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 51.4% on the previous year and down 41.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Catania peaked at 10.87 Days per year in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.1248 Days per year, in 2001.
Catania ranks 1082nd of 1314 regions on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Catania, year by year
| Year | Days per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 2 Days per year | — |
| 1982 | 6.62 Days per year | +231.2% |
| 1983 | 3.12 Days per year | -52.8% |
| 1984 | 5.5 Days per year | +76.0% |
| 1985 | 6.37 Days per year | +15.9% |
| 1986 | 5.75 Days per year | -9.8% |
| 1987 | 2 Days per year | -65.2% |
| 1988 | 4.12 Days per year | +106.2% |
| 1989 | 1.5 Days per year | -63.6% |
| 1990 | 6.38 Days per year | +324.9% |
| 1991 | 4.25 Days per year | -33.3% |
| 1992 | 6.75 Days per year | +58.8% |
| 1993 | 3.37 Days per year | -50.0% |
| 1994 | 5 Days per year | +48.1% |
| 1995 | 3.13 Days per year | -37.5% |
| 1996 | 7.25 Days per year | +132.0% |
| 1997 | 6.5 Days per year | -10.3% |
| 1998 | 2.25 Days per year | -65.4% |
| 1999 | 3.87 Days per year | +72.2% |
| 2000 | 2 Days per year | -48.4% |
| 2001 | 0.1248 Days per year | -93.8% |
| 2002 | 3.5 Days per year | +2703.9% |
| 2003 | 10.87 Days per year | +210.7% |
| 2004 | 6.38 Days per year | -41.4% |
| 2005 | 4.62 Days per year | -27.5% |
| 2006 | 7.75 Days per year | +67.6% |
| 2007 | 6.25 Days per year | -19.4% |
| 2008 | 3.63 Days per year | -42.0% |
| 2009 | 7.38 Days per year | +103.4% |
| 2010 | 9.87 Days per year | +33.9% |
| 2011 | 6.75 Days per year | -31.6% |
| 2012 | 6.5 Days per year | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 2.12 Days per year | -67.3% |
| 2014 | 3.87 Days per year | +82.4% |
| 2015 | 8.75 Days per year | +125.8% |
| 2016 | 4 Days per year | -54.3% |
| 2017 | 4.25 Days per year | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 6.12 Days per year | +44.1% |
| 2019 | 6.5 Days per year | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 4.12 Days per year | -36.5% |
| 2021 | 5.87 Days per year | +42.4% |
| 2022 | 3.5 Days per year | -40.4% |
| 2023 | 4.62 Days per year | +32.2% |
| 2024 | 2.25 Days per year | -51.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Catania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +2703.9% | 0.1248 Days per year | 3.5 Days per year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4.11 Days per year | 1.5 Days per year | 6.62 Days per year | 9 |
| 1990s | 4.87 Days per year | 2.25 Days per year | 7.25 Days per year | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.25 Days per year | 0.1248 Days per year | 10.87 Days per year | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.87 Days per year | 2.12 Days per year | 9.87 Days per year | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.07 Days per year | 2.25 Days per year | 5.87 Days per year | 5 |
More reference data data for Catania
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- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 586.63 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling 114.83 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs 414.02 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -309.17 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -50.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree -23.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs, annual growth rate -20.09 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days by NUTS 2 regions - monthly data -12.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Catania?
- Precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Catania was 2.25 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 Catania?
- The highest recorded value was 10.87 Days per year in 2003.
- What is the lowest precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days recorded in Catania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1248 Days per year in 2001.
- How does Catania rank for precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days?
- Catania ranks 1082nd out of 1314 regions with data for 2024.
- Is precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days rising or falling in Catania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Catania 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