Heating degree days (F) - South Dakota (US) - NOAA - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Heating and cooling degree days (NOAA)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In South Dakota, heating degree days were 0.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 14 August 2026, the same value recorded on 13 August.
Sample. There are 16,662 observations overall in the daily series shown in the plot above. The time span covered by the series is from January 1981 to August 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some summary statistics calculated on the whole sample: degree days registered a minimum of 0.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 2 May 1981; they peaked at 86.0 on 22 December 1989; they averaged 20.3.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Degrees Fahrenheit |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | 0.0 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0.0 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Heating degree days |
| Country | South Dakota (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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