Heating degree days (F) - Iowa (US) - NOAA - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Heating and cooling degree days (NOAA)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Iowa, heating degree days stood at 1.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 17 September 2026, as on the previous day.
Sample. This daily series has 16,696 observations. The time span covered by the series extends from January 1981 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some summary statistics we computed on the full sample: degree days had an average value of 18.5 degrees Fahrenheit; they reached their minimum of 0.0 on 3 April 1981; they reached their maximum of 85.0 on 3 February 1996.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Degrees Fahrenheit |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 2.00000 |
| 2026-09-16 | 1.00000 |
| 2026-09-17 | 1.00000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Heating degree days |
| Country | Iowa (US) |
| Economic concept | Heating needs |
| Data type | Estimate based on daily minimum and maximum temperatures |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | Population-weighted averages of weather-station observations |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Unit | Degrees Fahrenheit |
| Source | NOAA National Weather Service |
| Source type | Federal Administration |
| Data licence | Not copyrightable under U.S. law |
| Measure type | 65F - (max_daily_temperature + min_daily_temperature) / 2 |
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