Cooling degree days in North Dakota

Cooling degree days in North Dakota was 474 degree days (base 65°F) in 2025, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. That is down 8.7% from 2024. That is the 40th highest of 48 states in 2025.

2025, degree days (base 65°F)474
Change on 2024-8.7%
Rank40th of 48US states ranked
Series high8741936
Series low1881915

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Cooling degree days in North Dakota, 1895 to 2025

02004006008001,000189519141933195219711990200920251895: 273 degree days (base 65°F)1896: 339 degree days (base 65°F)1897: 386 degree days (base 65°F)1898: 330 degree days (base 65°F)1899: 326 degree days (base 65°F)1900: 521 degree days (base 65°F)1901: 464 degree days (base 65°F)1902: 266 degree days (base 65°F)1903: 253 degree days (base 65°F)1904: 212 degree days (base 65°F)1905: 323 degree days (base 65°F)1906: 380 degree days (base 65°F)1907: 262 degree days (base 65°F)1908: 339 degree days (base 65°F)1909: 424 degree days (base 65°F)1910: 414 degree days (base 65°F)1911: 325 degree days (base 65°F)1912: 261 degree days (base 65°F)1913: 408 degree days (base 65°F)1914: 446 degree days (base 65°F)1915: 188 degree days (base 65°F)1916: 416 degree days (base 65°F)1917: 356 degree days (base 65°F)1918: 304 degree days (base 65°F)1919: 549 degree days (base 65°F)1920: 422 degree days (base 65°F)1921: 547 degree days (base 65°F)1922: 455 degree days (base 65°F)1923: 441 degree days (base 65°F)1924: 224 degree days (base 65°F)1925: 367 degree days (base 65°F)1926: 382 degree days (base 65°F)1927: 251 degree days (base 65°F)1928: 300 degree days (base 65°F)1929: 425 degree days (base 65°F)1930: 539 degree days (base 65°F)1931: 537 degree days (base 65°F)1932: 512 degree days (base 65°F)1933: 654 degree days (base 65°F)1934: 557 degree days (base 65°F)1935: 473 degree days (base 65°F)1936: 874 degree days (base 65°F)1937: 608 degree days (base 65°F)1938: 505 degree days (base 65°F)1939: 548 degree days (base 65°F)1940: 516 degree days (base 65°F)1941: 505 degree days (base 65°F)1942: 297 degree days (base 65°F)1943: 409 degree days (base 65°F)1944: 354 degree days (base 65°F)1945: 296 degree days (base 65°F)1946: 399 degree days (base 65°F)1947: 468 degree days (base 65°F)1948: 491 degree days (base 65°F)1949: 507 degree days (base 65°F)1950: 270 degree days (base 65°F)1951: 274 degree days (base 65°F)1952: 439 degree days (base 65°F)1953: 418 degree days (base 65°F)1954: 378 degree days (base 65°F)1955: 551 degree days (base 65°F)1956: 397 degree days (base 65°F)1957: 459 degree days (base 65°F)1958: 339 degree days (base 65°F)1959: 531 degree days (base 65°F)1960: 473 degree days (base 65°F)1961: 573 degree days (base 65°F)1962: 355 degree days (base 65°F)1963: 560 degree days (base 65°F)1964: 396 degree days (base 65°F)1965: 326 degree days (base 65°F)1966: 435 degree days (base 65°F)1967: 371 degree days (base 65°F)1968: 294 degree days (base 65°F)1969: 426 degree days (base 65°F)1970: 539 degree days (base 65°F)1971: 402 degree days (base 65°F)1972: 380 degree days (base 65°F)1973: 479 degree days (base 65°F)1974: 426 degree days (base 65°F)1975: 448 degree days (base 65°F)1976: 541 degree days (base 65°F)1977: 455 degree days (base 65°F)1978: 446 degree days (base 65°F)1979: 396 degree days (base 65°F)1980: 442 degree days (base 65°F)1981: 434 degree days (base 65°F)1982: 353 degree days (base 65°F)1983: 619 degree days (base 65°F)1984: 501 degree days (base 65°F)1985: 303 degree days (base 65°F)1986: 390 degree days (base 65°F)1987: 498 degree days (base 65°F)1988: 760 degree days (base 65°F)1989: 544 degree days (base 65°F)1990: 456 degree days (base 65°F)1991: 536 degree days (base 65°F)1992: 202 degree days (base 65°F)1993: 204 degree days (base 65°F)1994: 369 degree days (base 65°F)1995: 468 degree days (base 65°F)1996: 416 degree days (base 65°F)1997: 477 degree days (base 65°F)1998: 532 degree days (base 65°F)1999: 398 degree days (base 65°F)2000: 413 degree days (base 65°F)2001: 509 degree days (base 65°F)2002: 504 degree days (base 65°F)2003: 516 degree days (base 65°F)2004: 245 degree days (base 65°F)2005: 452 degree days (base 65°F)2006: 605 degree days (base 65°F)2007: 525 degree days (base 65°F)2008: 393 degree days (base 65°F)2009: 306 degree days (base 65°F)2010: 439 degree days (base 65°F)2011: 477 degree days (base 65°F)2012: 598 degree days (base 65°F)2013: 468 degree days (base 65°F)2014: 361 degree days (base 65°F)2015: 501 degree days (base 65°F)2016: 489 degree days (base 65°F)2017: 475 degree days (base 65°F)2018: 526 degree days (base 65°F)2019: 392 degree days (base 65°F)2020: 533 degree days (base 65°F)2021: 697 degree days (base 65°F)2022: 531 degree days (base 65°F)2023: 565 degree days (base 65°F)2024: 519 degree days (base 65°F)2025: 474 degree days (base 65°F)02004006008001,00018951939198320252025: 474 degree days (base 65°F)
degree days (base 65°F). Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December cooling degree days (base 65°F), contiguous US and statewide. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-06.
All 131 values
Perioddegree days (base 65°F)
2025474
2024519
2023565
2022531
2021697
2020533
2019392
2018526
2017475
2016489
2015501
2014361
2013468
2012598
2011477
2010439
2009306
2008393
2007525
2006605
2005452
2004245
2003516
2002504
2001509
2000413
1999398
1998532
1997477
1996416
1995468
1994369
1993204
1992202
1991536
1990456
1989544
1988760
1987498
1986390
1985303
1984501
1983619
1982353
1981434
1980442
1979396
1978446
1977455
1976541
1975448
1974426
1973479
1972380
1971402
1970539
1969426
1968294
1967371
1966435
1965326
1964396
1963560
1962355
1961573
1960473
1959531
1958339
1957459
1956397
1955551
1954378
1953418
1952439
1951274
1950270
1949507
1948491
1947468
1946399
1945296
1944354
1943409
1942297
1941505
1940516
1939548
1938505
1937608
1936874
1935473
1934557
1933654
1932512
1931537
1930539
1929425
1928300
1927251
1926382
1925367
1924224
1923441
1922455
1921547
1920422
1919549
1918304
1917356
1916416
1915188
1914446
1913408
1912261
1911325
1910414
1909424
1908339
1907262
1906380
1905323
1904212
1903253
1902266
1901464
1900521
1899326
1898330
1897386
1896339
1895273

Compared with United States

Place2025
North Dakota474
United States1,502

North Dakota compared with nearby places

Alabama: 2,092 degree days (base 65°F)Arizona: 3,330 degree days (base 65°F)Arkansas: 1,990 degree days (base 65°F)California: 948 degree days (base 65°F)Colorado: 348 degree days (base 65°F)Connecticut: 695 degree days (base 65°F)Delaware: 1,171 degree days (base 65°F)Florida: 3,882 degree days (base 65°F)Georgia: 1,831 degree days (base 65°F)Idaho: 627 degree days (base 65°F)Illinois: 1,038 degree days (base 65°F)Indiana: 1,041 degree days (base 65°F)Iowa: 953 degree days (base 65°F)Kansas: 1,488 degree days (base 65°F)Kentucky: 1,400 degree days (base 65°F)Louisiana: 3,033 degree days (base 65°F)Maine: 282 degree days (base 65°F)Maryland: 1,209 degree days (base 65°F)Massachusetts: 587 degree days (base 65°F)Michigan: 670 degree days (base 65°F)Minnesota: 522 degree days (base 65°F)Mississippi: 2,510 degree days (base 65°F)Missouri: 1,413 degree days (base 65°F)Montana: 237 degree days (base 65°F)Nebraska: 1,096 degree days (base 65°F)Nevada: 2,339 degree days (base 65°F)New Hampshire: 386 degree days (base 65°F)New Jersey: 926 degree days (base 65°F)New Mexico: 1,145 degree days (base 65°F)New York: 716 degree days (base 65°F)North Carolina: 1,533 degree days (base 65°F)North Dakota: 474 degree days (base 65°F)Ohio: 910 degree days (base 65°F)Oklahoma: 2,019 degree days (base 65°F)Oregon: 379 degree days (base 65°F)Pennsylvania: 788 degree days (base 65°F)Rhode Island: 633 degree days (base 65°F)South Carolina: 1,973 degree days (base 65°F)South Dakota: 767 degree days (base 65°F)Tennessee: 1,575 degree days (base 65°F)Texas: 3,219 degree days (base 65°F)Utah: 673 degree days (base 65°F)Vermont: 301 degree days (base 65°F)Virginia: 1,212 degree days (base 65°F)Washington: 298 degree days (base 65°F)West Virginia: 949 degree days (base 65°F)Wisconsin: 589 degree days (base 65°F)Wyoming: 332 degree days (base 65°F)
  • Under 460
  • 460 to 690
  • 690 to 950
  • 950 to 1,300
  • 1,300 to 2,000
  • 2,000 and over
  • No data
Cooling degree days, 2025, degree days (base 65°F). North Dakota is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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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).

NOAA publishes these for operational monitoring; they can differ from official degree day publications.

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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/32/cdd/12/12/1895-2025/data.json. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. (2026). NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December cooling degree days (base 65°F), contiguous US and statewide (Cooling degree days, North Dakota, 1895 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/32/cdd/12/12/1895-2025/data.json

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NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December cooling degree days (base 65°F), contiguous US and statewide, Cooling degree days, North Dakota, 1895 to 2025. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 6 Oct. 2026, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/32/cdd/12/12/1895-2025/data.json. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/cooling-degree-days/north-dakota. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 2026. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December cooling degree days (base 65°F), contiguous US and statewide. Cooling degree days, North Dakota, 1895 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/32/cdd/12/12/1895-2025/data.json. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/cooling-degree-days/north-dakota.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December cooling degree days (base 65°F), contiguous US and statewide, Cooling degree days, North Dakota, 1895 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/32/cdd/12/12/1895-2025/data.json, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/cooling-degree-days/north-dakota (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December cooling degree days (base 65°F), contiguous US and statewide: Cooling degree days, North Dakota, 1895 to 2025}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/32/cdd/12/12/1895-2025/data.json},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/cooling-degree-days/north-dakota. Publisher attribution: 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/32/cdd/12/12/1895-2025/data.json. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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What is the cooling degree days in North Dakota?

Cooling degree days in North Dakota was 474 degree days (base 65°F) in 2025, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. That is down 8.7% from 2024. That is the 40th highest of 48 states in 2025.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December cooling degree days (base 65°F), contiguous US and statewide. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest cooling degree days in North Dakota?

874 degree days (base 65°F) in 1936, the highest value since 1895 in this series.

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