Cooling degree days (F) - South Dakota (US) - NOAA - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Heating and cooling degree days (NOAA)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In South Dakota, cooling degree days stood at 1.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 28 September 2026, the same as on 27 September.
Sample. There are 16,707 observations in the daily series presented in the graph above. The span of time covered by the series stretches from January 1981 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few simple statistics we calculated on the entire sample: degree days reached a maximum of 23.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 16 August 1988; they recorded a bottom of 0.0 on 1 January 1981; they had an average value of 1.9.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Degrees Fahrenheit |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-26 | 0.0 |
| 2026-09-27 | 1.0 |
| 2026-09-28 | 1.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Cooling degree days |
| Country | South Dakota (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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