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 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit on 28 December 2025, versus 25.0 on the previous day.
Sample. There are 16,433 observations overall in the daily time series presented in the chart above. The time span covered by the series stretches from January 1981 to December 2025.
History. Here's a peek at a few descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: degree days had a mean value of 20.4 degrees Fahrenheit; they hit a peak of 86.0 on 22 December 1989; they reached their minimum of 0.0 on 2 May 1981.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Degrees Fahrenheit |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-26 | 27.0 |
| 2025-12-27 | 25.0 |
| 2025-12-28 | 52.0 |
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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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