# Cooling degree days in Washington

Cooling degree days in Washington was 298 degree days (base 65°F) in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `cooling_degree_days_annual`
- Place id: `us-state-53`
- 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/45/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/45/cdd/12/12/1895-2025/data.json. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/cooling-degree-days/washington
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=cooling_degree_days_annual&place=us-state-53

| Period | degree days (base 65°F) |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 298 |
| 2024 | 251 |
| 2023 | 275 |
| 2022 | 305 |
| 2021 | 278 |
| 2020 | 183 |
| 2019 | 185 |
| 2018 | 237 |
| 2017 | 254 |
| 2016 | 174 |
| 2015 | 307 |
| 2014 | 269 |
| 2013 | 223 |
| 2012 | 163 |
| 2011 | 122 |
| 2010 | 120 |
| 2009 | 226 |
| 2008 | 131 |
| 2007 | 166 |
| 2006 | 187 |
| 2005 | 165 |
| 2004 | 239 |
| 2003 | 230 |
| 2002 | 155 |
| 2001 | 136 |
| 2000 | 113 |
| 1999 | 118 |
| 1998 | 261 |
| 1997 | 177 |
| 1996 | 159 |
| 1995 | 139 |
| 1994 | 199 |
| 1993 | 96 |
| 1992 | 185 |
| 1991 | 166 |
| 1990 | 227 |
| 1989 | 120 |
| 1988 | 116 |
| 1987 | 146 |
| 1986 | 164 |
| 1985 | 178 |
| 1984 | 111 |
| 1983 | 102 |
| 1982 | 122 |
| 1981 | 152 |
| 1980 | 81 |
| 1979 | 164 |
| 1978 | 132 |
| 1977 | 159 |
| 1976 | 84 |
| 1975 | 115 |
| 1974 | 130 |
| 1973 | 108 |
| 1972 | 128 |
| 1971 | 161 |
| 1970 | 137 |
| 1969 | 114 |
| 1968 | 120 |
| 1967 | 250 |
| 1966 | 101 |
| 1965 | 136 |
| 1964 | 70 |
| 1963 | 118 |
| 1962 | 90 |
| 1961 | 230 |
| 1960 | 136 |
| 1959 | 109 |
| 1958 | 304 |
| 1957 | 104 |
| 1956 | 130 |
| 1955 | 72 |
| 1954 | 55 |
| 1953 | 110 |
| 1952 | 128 |
| 1951 | 128 |
| 1950 | 128 |
| 1949 | 100 |
| 1948 | 88 |
| 1947 | 102 |
| 1946 | 109 |
| 1945 | 127 |
| 1944 | 129 |
| 1943 | 102 |
| 1942 | 187 |
| 1941 | 173 |
| 1940 | 163 |
| 1939 | 134 |
| 1938 | 162 |
| 1937 | 115 |
| 1936 | 137 |
| 1935 | 109 |
| 1934 | 121 |
| 1933 | 111 |
| 1932 | 87 |
| 1931 | 122 |
| 1930 | 124 |
| 1929 | 110 |
| 1928 | 132 |
| 1927 | 133 |
| 1926 | 148 |
| 1925 | 137 |
| 1924 | 113 |
| 1923 | 158 |
| 1922 | 137 |
| 1921 | 86 |
| 1920 | 121 |
| 1919 | 94 |
| 1918 | 134 |
| 1917 | 118 |
| 1916 | 71 |
| 1915 | 154 |
| 1914 | 114 |
| 1913 | 115 |
| 1912 | 87 |
| 1911 | 104 |
| 1910 | 76 |
| 1909 | 68 |
| 1908 | 126 |
| 1907 | 80 |
| 1906 | 188 |
| 1905 | 119 |
| 1904 | 119 |
| 1903 | 83 |
| 1902 | 71 |
| 1901 | 96 |
| 1900 | 97 |
| 1899 | 84 |
| 1898 | 151 |
| 1897 | 129 |
| 1896 | 139 |
| 1895 | 83 |