Heating degree days (F) - Kentucky (US) - NOAA - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Heating and cooling degree days (NOAA)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Kentucky, heating degree days stood at 0.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 23 September 2025, unchanged with respect to 22 September 2025.
Sample. There are 16,337 records in the daily time series presented in the plot above. The period covered by the series extends from January 1981 to September 2025.
History. Take a look at some summary statistics computed on the whole sample: degree days reached their minimum of 0.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 11 April 1981; they recorded their highest level of 73.0 on 19 January 1994; they were equal on average to 11.9.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Degrees Fahrenheit |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-21 | 0.0 |
| 2025-09-22 | 0.0 |
| 2025-09-23 | 0.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Heating degree days |
| Country | Kentucky (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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