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 17.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 12 November 2026, compared to 11.0 on 11 November 2026.
Sample. There are 16,752 records overall in the daily series shown in the figure above. The time span covered by the series is from January 1981 to November 2026.
History. Check out a few descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: degree days averaged 11.9 degrees Fahrenheit; they recorded a bottom of 0.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 11 April 1981; they recorded a maximum of 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 19 January 1994.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Degrees Fahrenheit |
|---|---|
| 2026-11-10 | 11.0000 |
| 2026-11-11 | 11.0000 |
| 2026-11-12 | 17.0000 |
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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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