Heating degree days (F) - South Carolina (US) - NOAA - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Heating and cooling degree days (NOAA)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In South Carolina, heating degree days were 7.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 30 March 2026, compared to 13.0 on 29 March 2026.
Sample. There are 16,525 data points in the daily series presented in the figure above. The series covers the span of time extending from January 1981 to March 2026.
History. Take a look at a few simple statistics we calculated on the entire sample: degree days hit a maximum of 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 21 January 1985; they recorded a bottom of 0.0 on 1 April 1981; they had a mean value of 7.3.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Degrees Fahrenheit |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | 6.0 |
| 2026-03-29 | 13.0 |
| 2026-03-30 | 7.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Heating degree days |
| Country | South Carolina (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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