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South Africa Cdd

za-cdd:forecast:seas5Forecast SeriesClimate & Environment

Cooling Degree Days — cumulative degrees above 18°C weighted by days in the month. Higher values indicate warmer weather and greater cooling demand. Derived from ERA5 reanalysis monthly means at one representative point per country (capital or economic center).

Representative point: Johannesburg. For large countries the economic center is used rather than the geographic centroid. Source: Copernicus Climate Data Store (ERA5 + SEAS5 seasonal forecast). License: CC BY 4.0.

Subject

South Africa

Metric

Cdd

Data Points

7

Coverage

2026–2027

Latest Value

135.5

as of Jan 1, 2027

Time Series (7 observations)

Recent Data

This is a forecast series. All values are projections.

DateValueType
Jan 1, 2027135.5Forecast
Dec 1, 202689Forecast
Nov 1, 202657.6Forecast
Oct 1, 20260Forecast
Sep 1, 20260Forecast
Aug 1, 20260Forecast
Jul 1, 2026406.4Forecast

Data Source

COPERNICUS

Category

Climate & EnvironmentGlobal Warming

API Access

# Fetch data by canonical code
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/za-cdd:forecast:seas5

# With date filters
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/za-cdd:forecast:seas5?start_date=2020-01-01

# Point-in-time reconstruction (Pro)
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/za-cdd:forecast:seas5?as_of=2024-01-01