# Cooling degree days in North Carolina

Cooling degree days in North Carolina was 1,533 degree days (base 65°F) in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `cooling_degree_days_annual`
- Place id: `us-state-37`
- Unit: degree days (base 65°F)
- Definition: Sum over January to December of the degrees by which the daily mean temperature exceeds 65°F, a measure of cooling demand. NOAA estimates monthly values from nClimDiv temperatures and weights areas by population (2010 Census).
- Note: NOAA publishes these for operational monitoring; they can differ from official degree day publications.
- Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December cooling degree days (base 65°F), contiguous US and statewide (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/31/cdd/12/12/1895-2025/data.json)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/noaa-ncei
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US government work); NCEI asks users to cite the nClimDiv dataset
- Citation: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December cooling degree days (base 65°F), contiguous US and statewide. From the NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), doi:10.7289/V5M32STR. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/31/cdd/12/12/1895-2025/data.json. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/cooling-degree-days/north-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=cooling_degree_days_annual&place=us-state-37

| Period | degree days (base 65°F) |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 1,593 |
| 2023 | 1,381 |
| 2022 | 1,531 |
| 2021 | 1,490 |
| 2020 | 1,463 |
| 2019 | 1,808 |
| 2018 | 1,808 |
| 2017 | 1,536 |
| 2016 | 1,765 |
| 2015 | 1,638 |
| 2014 | 1,387 |
| 2013 | 1,272 |
| 2012 | 1,511 |
| 2011 | 1,651 |
| 2010 | 1,832 |
| 2009 | 1,381 |
| 2008 | 1,396 |
| 2007 | 1,626 |
| 2006 | 1,365 |
| 2005 | 1,531 |
| 2004 | 1,438 |
| 2003 | 1,301 |
| 2002 | 1,572 |
| 2001 | 1,258 |
| 2000 | 1,336 |
| 1999 | 1,373 |
| 1998 | 1,621 |
| 1997 | 1,151 |
| 1996 | 1,284 |
| 1995 | 1,393 |
| 1994 | 1,256 |
| 1993 | 1,549 |
| 1992 | 1,148 |
| 1991 | 1,508 |
| 1990 | 1,447 |
| 1989 | 1,285 |
| 1988 | 1,282 |
| 1987 | 1,522 |
| 1986 | 1,536 |
| 1985 | 1,331 |
| 1984 | 1,257 |
| 1983 | 1,354 |
| 1982 | 1,245 |
| 1981 | 1,269 |
| 1980 | 1,481 |
| 1979 | 1,134 |
| 1978 | 1,345 |
| 1977 | 1,508 |
| 1976 | 1,069 |
| 1975 | 1,353 |
| 1974 | 1,127 |
| 1973 | 1,367 |
| 1972 | 1,098 |
| 1971 | 1,292 |
| 1970 | 1,429 |
| 1969 | 1,264 |
| 1968 | 1,293 |
| 1967 | 931 |
| 1966 | 1,149 |
| 1965 | 1,297 |
| 1964 | 1,198 |
| 1963 | 1,115 |
| 1962 | 1,278 |
| 1961 | 1,221 |
| 1960 | 1,320 |
| 1959 | 1,441 |
| 1958 | 1,317 |
| 1957 | 1,364 |
| 1956 | 1,334 |
| 1955 | 1,404 |
| 1954 | 1,509 |
| 1953 | 1,525 |
| 1952 | 1,497 |
| 1951 | 1,418 |
| 1950 | 1,277 |
| 1949 | 1,433 |
| 1948 | 1,355 |
| 1947 | 1,342 |
| 1946 | 1,202 |
| 1945 | 1,435 |
| 1944 | 1,435 |
| 1943 | 1,483 |
| 1942 | 1,521 |
| 1941 | 1,623 |
| 1940 | 1,272 |
| 1939 | 1,525 |
| 1938 | 1,371 |
| 1937 | 1,350 |
| 1936 | 1,542 |
| 1935 | 1,378 |
| 1934 | 1,569 |
| 1933 | 1,630 |
| 1932 | 1,453 |
| 1931 | 1,511 |
| 1930 | 1,450 |
| 1929 | 1,183 |
| 1928 | 1,284 |
| 1927 | 1,218 |
| 1926 | 1,522 |
| 1925 | 1,618 |
| 1924 | 1,200 |
| 1923 | 1,390 |
| 1922 | 1,381 |
| 1921 | 1,590 |
| 1920 | 1,213 |
| 1919 | 1,462 |
| 1918 | 1,267 |
| 1917 | 1,117 |
| 1916 | 1,274 |
| 1915 | 1,363 |
| 1914 | 1,422 |
| 1913 | 1,308 |
| 1912 | 1,371 |
| 1911 | 1,621 |
| 1910 | 1,263 |
| 1909 | 1,133 |
| 1908 | 1,218 |
| 1907 | 1,224 |
| 1906 | 1,426 |
| 1905 | 1,375 |
| 1904 | 1,192 |
| 1903 | 1,241 |
| 1902 | 1,388 |
| 1901 | 1,346 |
| 1900 | 1,709 |
| 1899 | 1,440 |
| 1898 | 1,516 |
| 1897 | 1,348 |
| 1896 | 1,561 |
| 1895 | 1,344 |