Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Oulu/Uleåborg
Oulu/Uleåborg: Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days was 0.3174 Days per year in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Oulu/Uleåborg, 1981–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Days per year.
Analysis
Oulu/Uleåborg recorded 0.3174 Days per year for precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 88.2% on the previous year and down 83.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Oulu/Uleåborg peaked at 4.45 Days per year in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0 Days per year, in 1982.
That places Oulu/Uleåborg 1271st 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 Oulu/Uleåborg, year by year
| Year | Days per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 1.24 Days per year | — |
| 1982 | 0 Days per year | -100.0% |
| 1983 | 1.36 Days per year | — |
| 1984 | 1.05 Days per year | -23.4% |
| 1985 | 0.2704 Days per year | -74.1% |
| 1986 | 2.58 Days per year | +854.8% |
| 1987 | 1.17 Days per year | -54.6% |
| 1988 | 0.6625 Days per year | -43.5% |
| 1989 | 1.18 Days per year | +78.2% |
| 1990 | 0.4185 Days per year | -64.6% |
| 1991 | 2.01 Days per year | +380.9% |
| 1992 | 2.06 Days per year | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 0.2038 Days per year | -90.1% |
| 1994 | 0.6737 Days per year | +230.6% |
| 1995 | 1.1 Days per year | +63.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0687 Days per year | -93.8% |
| 1997 | 2.14 Days per year | +3016.9% |
| 1998 | 0.3625 Days per year | -83.1% |
| 1999 | 1.32 Days per year | +263.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0453 Days per year | -96.6% |
| 2001 | 0.421 Days per year | +829.0% |
| 2002 | 0.248 Days per year | -41.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0229 Days per year | -90.8% |
| 2004 | 1.15 Days per year | +4928.0% |
| 2005 | 1.93 Days per year | +67.8% |
| 2006 | 0.888 Days per year | -54.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0913 Days per year | -89.7% |
| 2008 | 0.6823 Days per year | +647.2% |
| 2009 | 1 Days per year | +46.6% |
| 2010 | 1.33 Days per year | +32.9% |
| 2011 | 2.07 Days per year | +55.4% |
| 2012 | 2.35 Days per year | +13.9% |
| 2013 | 0.2409 Days per year | -89.8% |
| 2014 | 1.91 Days per year | +692.4% |
| 2015 | 2.81 Days per year | +47.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9153 Days per year | -67.4% |
| 2017 | 1.45 Days per year | +58.9% |
| 2018 | 0.1938 Days per year | -86.7% |
| 2019 | 0.3722 Days per year | +92.1% |
| 2020 | 4.45 Days per year | +1094.4% |
| 2021 | 1.81 Days per year | -59.3% |
| 2022 | 3.85 Days per year | +112.6% |
| 2023 | 2.69 Days per year | -30.1% |
| 2024 | 0.3174 Days per year | -88.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Oulu/Uleåborg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +4928.0% | 0.0229 Days per year | 1.15 Days per year |
| 1997 | +3016.9% | 0.0687 Days per year | 2.14 Days per year |
| 2020 | +1094.4% | 0.3722 Days per year | 4.45 Days per year |
| 1986 | +854.8% | 0.2704 Days per year | 2.58 Days per year |
| 2001 | +829.0% | 0.0453 Days per year | 0.421 Days per year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.06 Days per year | 0 Days per year | 2.58 Days per year | 9 |
| 1990s | 1.04 Days per year | 0.0687 Days per year | 2.14 Days per year | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6479 Days per year | 0.0229 Days per year | 1.93 Days per year | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.36 Days per year | 0.1938 Days per year | 2.81 Days per year | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.62 Days per year | 0.3174 Days per year | 4.45 Days per year | 5 |
More reference data data for Oulu/Uleåborg
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 24.54 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling 17.3 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs 4,133 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -673.66 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -119.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs, annual growth rate -8.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling 130.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 66.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation -0.6057 Days per year (2024)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 26.3 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Oulu/Uleåborg?
- Precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Oulu/Uleåborg was 0.3174 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 Oulu/Uleåborg?
- The highest recorded value was 4.45 Days per year in 2020.
- What is the lowest precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days recorded in Oulu/Uleåborg?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 Days per year in 1982.
- How does Oulu/Uleåborg rank for precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days?
- Oulu/Uleåborg ranks 1271st out of 1314 regions with data for 2024.
- Is precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days rising or falling in Oulu/Uleåborg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 83.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Oulu/Uleåborg 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