Heating degree days (F) - Iowa (US) - NOAA - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Heating and cooling degree days (NOAA)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Iowa, heating degree days stood at 23.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 25 March 2025, compared to 25.0 on 24 March.
Sample. There are 16,155 observations overall in the daily series displayed in the figure above. The time period covered by the series goes from January 1981 to March 2025.
History. Take a look at some descriptive statistics we calculated on the full sample: degree days had a mean value of 18.6 degrees Fahrenheit; they recorded a bottom of 0.0 on 3 April 1981; they hit a peak of 85.0 on 3 February 1996.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Degrees Fahrenheit |
|---|---|
| 2025-03-23 | 28.0 |
| 2025-03-24 | 25.0 |
| 2025-03-25 | 23.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Heating degree days |
| Country | Iowa (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 |