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 17.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 13 November 2025, compared to 21.0 on 12 November.
Sample. In this daily series, there are 16,388 data points. The series covers the time range going from January 1981 to November 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics computed on the entire sample: degree days reached their minimum of 0.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 2 May 1981; they hit a maximum of 86.0 on 22 December 1989; they had an average value of 20.3.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Degrees Fahrenheit |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-11 | 27.0 |
| 2025-11-12 | 21.0 |
| 2025-11-13 | 17.0 |
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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 |