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 were 29.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 12 February 2026, versus 24.0 on 11 February 2026.
Sample. There are 16,479 records overall in the daily series displayed in the figure above. The span of time covered by the series goes from January 1981 to February 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few simple statistics calculated on the whole sample: degree days had an average value of 12.0 degrees Fahrenheit; they hit a trough of 0.0 on 11 April 1981; they hit a peak of 73.0 on 19 January 1994.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Degrees Fahrenheit |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-10 | 18.0 |
| 2026-02-11 | 24.0 |
| 2026-02-12 | 29.0 |
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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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