Heating degree days and cooling degree days are a measure of the overall climate of an area.
Widely used by utility companies to predict energy consumption by air conditioning and heating, a high HDD figure indicates cold winters, while a high CDD suggests hot summers.
|
HDD |
CDD |
Precip (inches) |
|
|
|
|
| New Orleans |
1500 |
2600 |
60 |
| Boston |
5641 |
698 |
41 |
| Chicago |
6500 |
732 |
36 |
| NY |
5000 |
1000 |
47 |
| LA |
1458 |
727 |
12 |
| Atlanta |
2991 |
1667 |
50 |
| Dallas |
2400 |
2600 |
33 |
| Houston |
1600 |
2700 |
46 |
| Denver |
6000 |
679 |
15 |
| Wash DC |
4000 |
1500 |
40 |
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New Orleans has mild winters compared to most of the country, but its summers are long and hot.
*HDD = Heating Degree Days = 65 - (DailyMaxTemp+DailyMin Temp)/2
CDD= Cooling Degree Days =
(DailyMaxTemp+DailyMin Temp)/2 - 65