Wind threats - Cities and FUAs — Exposure to wind threats in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz: Wind threats - Cities and FUAs — Exposure to wind threats was 23.44 Percentage of area in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Wind threats - Cities and FUAs — Exposure to wind threats in Santa Cruz, 2001–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of area.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wind threats - cities and fuas — exposure to wind threats in Santa Cruz is 23.44 Percentage of area, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Over the whole period, wind threats - cities and fuas — exposure to wind threats in Santa Cruz peaked at 23.44 Percentage of area in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0 Percentage of area, in 2003.
That places Santa Cruz 166th out of 1324 regions with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.41 Percentage of area | 0 Percentage of area | 23.44 Percentage of area | 9 |
| 2010s | 7.98 Percentage of area | 0 Percentage of area | 23.44 Percentage of area | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.22 Percentage of area | 0 Percentage of area | 23.44 Percentage of area | 4 |
More reference data data for Santa Cruz
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 0.8771 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -56.98 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs 788.03 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -193.25 Degree days (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days 7.95 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation -0.8998 Days per year (2024)
- Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change 8.72 Millimetres per year (2023)
- Exposure to extreme temperature — Annual temperature change 0.1517 Degrees celsius (2023)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 31 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2024)
- Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to 0.0202 Percentage of built-up area (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wind threats - cities and fuas — exposure to wind threats in Santa Cruz?
- Wind threats - cities and fuas — exposure to wind threats in Santa Cruz was 23.44 Percentage of area in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest wind threats - cities and fuas — exposure to wind threats recorded in Santa Cruz?
- The highest recorded value was 23.44 Percentage of area in 2004.
- What is the lowest wind threats - cities and fuas — exposure to wind threats recorded in Santa Cruz?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 Percentage of area in 2003.
- How does Santa Cruz rank for wind threats - cities and fuas — exposure to wind threats?
- Santa Cruz ranks 166th out of 1324 regions with data for 2023.
- Where does this Santa Cruz data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Wind threats - Cities and FUAs — Exposure to wind threats. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides statistics on wind threats, in Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) and Cities. Data sources and methodology Wind threats are here defined as violent storms or worse (wind gust > 28.6 m/s). Areas are classified as exposed to violent storms or worse if at least once the hourly instantenous wind gust exceeds 28.6 m/s in the year. 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 Wind threats - Cities and 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