Precipitation - Regions — Extreme precipitation days in Peru
Peru: Precipitation - Regions — Extreme precipitation days was 18.8 Days per year in 2024. ▲ Rising
Precipitation - Regions — Extreme precipitation days in Peru, 1981–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Days per year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for precipitation - regions — extreme precipitation days in Peru is 18.8 Days per year, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, precipitation - regions — extreme precipitation days in Peru peaked at 23.4 Days per year in 2019 and was at its lowest, 12.9 Days per year, in 2004.
Peru ranks 7th of 48 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 17.13 Days per year | 15.4 Days per year | 18.5 Days per year | 9 |
| 1990s | 16.06 Days per year | 13.5 Days per year | 19.4 Days per year | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.12 Days per year | 12.9 Days per year | 18.4 Days per year | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.56 Days per year | 16.1 Days per year | 23.4 Days per year | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.54 Days per year | 18.4 Days per year | 20.7 Days per year | 5 |
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.07 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is precipitation - regions — extreme precipitation days in Peru?
- Precipitation - regions — extreme precipitation days in Peru was 18.8 Days per year in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest precipitation - regions — extreme precipitation days recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 23.4 Days per year in 2019.
- What is the lowest precipitation - regions — extreme precipitation days recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.9 Days per year in 2004.
- How does Peru rank for precipitation - regions — extreme precipitation days?
- Peru ranks 7th out of 48 countries with data for 2024.
- Is precipitation - regions — extreme precipitation days rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Precipitation - Regions — Extreme precipitation days. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
<p style="text-align: justify;">This dataset provides indicators on total precipitation and the number of extreme precipitation days, in large (TL2) and small (TL3) regions.</p> <p><strong>Data definition and source</strong></p> <p>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. Changes in precipitation and extreme precipitation days are referenced to the 1981-2010 baseline average. The estimates rely on the <a href="https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/ECMWF_ERA5_LAND_DAILY_AGGR">ERA5-Land reanalysis</a> dataset.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">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 style="text-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> <p><strong>Definition of regions</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Regions are subnational units below national boundaries. OECD countries have two regional levels: large regions (territorial level 2 or TL2) and small regions (territorial level 3 or TL3). For more information, see the OECD Territorial grid <a href="https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/region/OECD_territorial-grid_TL2024.pdf">(pdf)</a> and the OECD Territorial Correspondence Table <a href="https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/region/OECD%20Territorial%20correspondence%20-%20TL2024c.xlsx">(xlsx)</a>. </p> <p><strong>Cite this dataset</strong></p> <p>OECD Regions, Cities and Local Areas database <a href="http://oe.cd/geostats">http://oe.cd/geostats</a>.</p> <p><strong>Further information</strong></p> <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>For questions and/or comments, please email <a href="mailto:RegionStat@oecd.org">RegionStat@oecd.org</a>.</p>