Heating degree days (F) - Kentucky (US) - NOAA - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Heating and cooling degree days (NOAA)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Kentucky, heating degree days stood at 16.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 13 November 2025, compared to 21.0 on the previous day.
Sample. There are 16,388 observations overall in the daily series displayed in the plot above. The series covers the period extending from January 1981 to November 2025.
History. Here's a snapshot of some simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: degree days recorded a minimum of 0.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 11 April 1981; they recorded their highest level of 73.0 on 19 January 1994; they had a mean value of 11.9.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Degrees Fahrenheit |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-11 | 31.0 |
| 2025-11-12 | 21.0 |
| 2025-11-13 | 16.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Heating degree days |
| Country | Kentucky (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 |