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Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 1.10 Cooling Degree-Days by Census Division, 1949-2011
Table 1.10  Cooling Degree-Days by Census Division, 1949-2011

Year
New
England
Middle
Atlantic
East North
Central
West North
Central
South
Atlantic
East South
Central
West South
Central

Mountain

Pacific 1
United
 States 1
      1949 654 901 949 1,038 2,128 1,776 2,510 1,198 593 1,318
      1950 353 542 602 729 1,919 1,568 2,473 1,120 597 1,110
      1951 400 653 644 777 2,028 1,781 2,684 1,137 593 1,195
      1952 581 825 897 1,109 2,097 1,864 2,543 1,278 657 1,318
      1953 441 768 945 1,183 2,137 1,893 2,727 1,193 571 1,326
      1954 303 646 858 1,250 2,082 1,998 2,907 1,292 590 1,315
      1955 602 934 1,043 1,238 2,045 1,791 2,643 1,124 560 1,344
      1956 336 566 750 1,155 1,913 1,685 2,833 1,247 596 1,221
      1957 428 738 754 1,004 2,050 1,692 2,465 1,155 660 1,230
      1958 344 592 638 878 1,922 1,582 2,517 1,328 836 1,189
      1959 532 903 997 1,083 2,128 1,745 2,456 1,258 776 1,348
      1960 368 640 722 961 1,926 1,613 2,492 1,308 770 1,206
      1961 482 787 745 867 1,888 1,370 2,230 1,223 709 1,168
      1962 264 561 742 974 1,908 1,738 2,700 1,147 559 1,179
      1963 373 571 712 1,196 1,812 1,580 2,899 1,235 605 1,204
      1964 312 634 787 1,030 1,905 1,591 2,608 1,095 574 1,185
      1965 352 638 688 914 1,931 1,634 2,579 961 542 1,153
      1966 421 731 724 919 1,788 1,440 2,309 1,239 680 1,148
      1967 420 602 548 713 1,697 1,257 2,385 1,120 817 1,077
      1968 410 725 740 902 1,842 1,517 2,247 1,015 632 1,137
      1969 447 706 701 940 1,887 1,572 2,505 1,228 680 1,190
      1970 479 779 827 1,066 2,007 1,662 2,375 1,163 689 1,242
      1971 465 730 783 960 1,932 1,577 2,448 1,074 685 1,204
      1972 364 614 643 908 1,843 1,525 2,513 1,141 698 1,146
      1973 551 830 864 1,009 2,000 1,665 2,359 1,123 624 1,241
      1974 393 614 626 878 1,842 1,382 2,342 1,188 690 1,117
      1975 467 708 788 1,003 2,011 1,520 2,261 1,031 547 1,172
      1976 402 597 619 939 1,675 1,232 2,035 1,058 620 1,029
      1977 407 689 823 1,122 2,020 1,808 2,720 1,256 715 1,285
      1978 378 615 741 1,027 1,972 1,685 2,638 1,174 738 1,226
      1979 434 588 618 871 1,833 1,412 2,242 1,164 770 1,113
      1980 487 793 816 1,217 2,075 1,834 2,734 1,202 658 1,313
      1981 436 657 658 924 1,889 1,576 2,498 1,331 876 1,209
      1982 321 541 643 859 1,958 1,537 2,502 1,121 619 1,136
      1983 538 799 934 1,178 1,925 1,579 2,288 1,174 776 1,260
      1984 468 649 724 955 1,865 1,508 2,469 1,190 956 1,214
      1985 372 627 643 830 2,004 1,596 2,599 1,210 737 1,194
      1986 301 626 738 1,021 2,149 1,792 2,618 1,188 664 1,249
      1987 406 729 918 1,115 2,067 1,718 2,368 1,196 706 1,269
      1988 545 782 975 1,230 1,923 1,582 2,422 1,320 729 1,283
      1989 426 658 652 864 1,977 1,417 2,295 1,330 685 1,156
      1990 477 656 647 983 2,143 1,622 2,579 1,294 827 1,260
      1991 511 854 959 1,125 2,197 1,758 2,499 1,182 672 1,331
      1992 276 460 449 637 1,777 1,293 2,201 1,206 905 1,040
      1993 486 764 735 817 2,092 1,622 2,369 1,113 708 1,218
      1994 548 722 664 887 2,005 1,448 2,422 1,436 801 1,220
      1995 507 803 921 985 2,081 1,671 2,448 1,234 754 1,293
      1996 400 623 629 821 1,867 1,474 2,515 1,381 856 1,180
      1997 395 586 574 873 1,886 1,393 2,361 1,335 921 1,156
      1998 505 788 889 1,138 2,277 1,928 3,026 1,271 732 1,410
      1999 631 882 855 970 2,024 1,733 2,645 1,242 635 1,297
      2000 317 542 658 1,023 1,929 1,736 2,787 1,488 756 1,229
      2001 519 722 744 1,028 1,891 1,535 2,565 1,498 794 1,245
      2002 570 863 933 1,087 2,209 1,808 2,545 1,543 739 1,396
      2003 522 685 645 946 2,007 1,494 2,522 1,639 941 1,290
      2004 402 670 604 752 2,037 1,549 2,485 1,376 823 1,232
      2005 642 990 960 1,094 2,081 1,696 2,636 1,457 728 1,397
      2006 528 778 752 1,079 2,037 1,670 2,776 1,586 916 1,368
      2007 484 788 900 1,135 2,212 1,927 2,488 1,663 811 1,399
      2008 497 745 698 847 1,987 1,560 2,494 1,504 868 1,277
      2009 362 587 547 720 2,025 1,497 2,570 1,504 884 1,229
      2010 657 997 975 1,123 2,267 2,004 2,750 1,450 655 1,457
      2011P 608 887 897 1,118 2,332 1,817 3,172 1,368 717 1,477

Normal2
R 417 R 656 R 709 R 927 R 1,964 R 1,547 R 2,449 R 1,243 R 704 R 1,216
1Excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Notes:  ·  Degree-days are relative measurements of outdoor air temperature.  Cooling degree-days are
deviations above the mean daily temperature of 65° F.  For example, a weather station recording a mean
daily temperature of 78° F would report 13 cooling degree-days.  ·  Temperature information recorded by
weather stations is used to calculate State-wide degree-day averages based on resident State population.
Beginning in 2002, data are weighted by the 2000 population.  The population-weighted State figures are
aggregated into Census divisions and the national average.  ·  See Appendix C for map of Census
divisions.
2Based on calculations of data from 1971 through 2000. Web Page:  For current data, see http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/#summary.
R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.   Sources:  ·  1949-2010—U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, North Carolina, Historical Climatology
Series 5-2.  Data are compiled from about 8,000 weather stations.  ·  2011 and Normal—U.S. Department
of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, Camp Springs, Maryland,
Degree Days Statistics.  The data are the sum of monthly values and are based on mean daily
temperatures recorded at about 200 major weather stations around the country.
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