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 10.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 14 May 2026, compared to 3.0 on 13 May.
Sample. There are 16,570 data points overall in the daily series shown in the chart above. The time range covered by the series goes from January 1981 to May 2026.
History. Here are some simple statistics we calculated on the entire sample: degree days were equal on average to 12.0 degrees Fahrenheit; they peaked at 73.0 on 19 January 1994; they hit a trough of 0.0 on 11 April 1981.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Degrees Fahrenheit |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | 5.0 |
| 2026-05-13 | 3.0 |
| 2026-05-14 | 10.0 |
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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 |
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