Heating degree days (F) - Minnesota (US) - NOAA - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Heating and cooling degree days (NOAA)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Minnesota, heating degree days were 8.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 17 September 2026, the same as on 16 September.
Sample. There are 16,696 observations in the daily series presented in the chart above. The series covers the period extending from January 1981 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: degree days were equal on average to 23.0 degrees Fahrenheit; they hit a maximum of 93.0 on 2 February 1996; they reached a trough of 0.0 on 22 May 1981.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Degrees Fahrenheit |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 7.00000 |
| 2026-09-16 | 8.00000 |
| 2026-09-17 | 8.00000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Heating degree days |
| Country | Minnesota (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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