Cooling degree days (F) - South Carolina (US) - NOAA - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Heating and cooling degree days (NOAA)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In South Carolina, cooling degree days were 3.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 14 May 2026, versus 1.0 on 13 May 2026.
Sample. There are 16,570 observations in the daily series presented in the plot above. The series covers the period extending from January 1981 to May 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few summary statistics we computed on the entire sample: degree days hit a peak of 24.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 19 July 1986; they reached their lowest level of 0.0 on 1 January 1981; they had a mean value of 5.2.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Degrees Fahrenheit |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | 0.0 |
| 2026-05-13 | 1.0 |
| 2026-05-14 | 3.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Cooling degree days |
| Country | South Carolina (US) |
| Economic concept | Cooling 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 | (max_daily_temperature + min_daily_temperature) / 2 - 65F |
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