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 0.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 25 March 2025, the same as on 24 March 2025.
Sample. There are 16,155 records overall in the daily time series shown in the graph above. The time period covered by the series extends from January 1981 to March 2025.
History. Here's a peek at some summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: degree days recorded a bottom of 0.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 1 January 1981; they recorded their highest level of 23.0 on 16 August 1988; they averaged 1.8.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Degrees Fahrenheit |
|---|---|
| 2025-03-23 | 0.0 |
| 2025-03-24 | 0.0 |
| 2025-03-25 | 0.0 |
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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 |