Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Turku/Åbo
Turku/Åbo: Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days was 3.42 Days per year in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Turku/Åbo, 1981–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Days per year.
Analysis
Turku/Åbo recorded 3.42 Days per year for precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in 2024. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
That represents a change of up 78.4% on the previous year and up 172.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Turku/Åbo peaked at 3.42 Days per year in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 Days per year, in 1991.
Turku/Åbo ranks 919th of 1314 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Turku/Åbo, year by year
| Year | Days per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 2.08 Days per year | — |
| 1982 | 0.0838 Days per year | -96.0% |
| 1983 | 2.5 Days per year | +2881.4% |
| 1984 | 0.9172 Days per year | -63.3% |
| 1985 | 0.6667 Days per year | -27.3% |
| 1986 | 2.41 Days per year | +262.1% |
| 1987 | 3.17 Days per year | +31.2% |
| 1988 | 3.33 Days per year | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 2.67 Days per year | -19.9% |
| 1990 | 0.4163 Days per year | -84.4% |
| 1991 | 0 Days per year | -100.0% |
| 1992 | 1 Days per year | — |
| 1993 | 2.08 Days per year | +108.4% |
| 1994 | 0.5847 Days per year | -72.0% |
| 1995 | 1.33 Days per year | +127.8% |
| 1996 | 2 Days per year | +50.2% |
| 1997 | 1.5 Days per year | -25.1% |
| 1998 | 1.5 Days per year | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.5839 Days per year | -61.0% |
| 2000 | 0.083 Days per year | -85.8% |
| 2001 | 1.25 Days per year | +1407.4% |
| 2002 | 1.84 Days per year | +46.7% |
| 2003 | 0.1665 Days per year | -90.9% |
| 2004 | 1.42 Days per year | +750.2% |
| 2005 | 1.42 Days per year | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 2 Days per year | +41.3% |
| 2007 | 1.75 Days per year | -12.6% |
| 2008 | 2.25 Days per year | +28.7% |
| 2009 | 1.25 Days per year | -44.5% |
| 2010 | 3.08 Days per year | +146.8% |
| 2011 | 0.2488 Days per year | -91.9% |
| 2012 | 1.58 Days per year | +535.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8342 Days per year | -47.3% |
| 2014 | 1.25 Days per year | +50.2% |
| 2015 | 1.17 Days per year | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 0.167 Days per year | -85.7% |
| 2017 | 0.8329 Days per year | +398.6% |
| 2018 | 1.5 Days per year | +80.0% |
| 2019 | 1.58 Days per year | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 0 Days per year | -100.0% |
| 2021 | 3.25 Days per year | — |
| 2022 | 0.9175 Days per year | -71.8% |
| 2023 | 1.91 Days per year | +108.7% |
| 2024 | 3.42 Days per year | +78.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Turku/Åbo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +2881.4% | 0.0838 Days per year | 2.5 Days per year |
| 2001 | +1407.4% | 0.083 Days per year | 1.25 Days per year |
| 2004 | +750.2% | 0.1665 Days per year | 1.42 Days per year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.98 Days per year | 0.0838 Days per year | 3.33 Days per year | 9 |
| 1990s | 1.1 Days per year | 0 Days per year | 2.08 Days per year | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.34 Days per year | 0.083 Days per year | 2.25 Days per year | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.23 Days per year | 0.167 Days per year | 3.08 Days per year | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.9 Days per year | 0 Days per year | 3.42 Days per year | 5 |
More reference data data for Turku/Åbo
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 10.04 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -3.82 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs 3,584 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -98.65 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating 72.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs, annual growth rate 7.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -203.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree -42.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation 1.9 Days per year (2024)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 30.1 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Turku/Åbo?
- Precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Turku/Åbo was 3.42 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 Turku/Åbo?
- The highest recorded value was 3.42 Days per year in 2024.
- What is the lowest precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days recorded in Turku/Åbo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 Days per year in 1991.
- How does Turku/Åbo rank for precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days?
- Turku/Åbo ranks 919th out of 1314 regions with data for 2024.
- Is precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days rising or falling in Turku/Åbo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 172.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Turku/Åbo 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