Gas Home Customer-Weighted Heating Degree-Days

Natural Gas Monthly, Jan, 2003

Table 26

Gas Home Customer-Weighted Heating Degree-Days


                            November 1 through November 30

Census Divisions          Normal (a)  2001         2002

New England
  CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT     700       596          763
Middle Atlantic
  NJ, NY, PA                 665       497          742
East North Central
  IL, IN, Ml, OH, WI         756       508          776
West North Central
  IA, KS, MN, MO,
  NO, NE, SD                 830       528          840
South Atlantic
  DE, FL, GA, MD and DC,
  NC, SC, VA, WV             437       311          504
East South Central
  AL, KY, MS, TN             447       306          531
West South Central
  AR, LA, OK, TX             303       215          371
Mountain
  AZ, CO, ID, MT,
  NV, NM, UT, WY             747       615          721
Pacific (b)
  CA, OR, WA                 350       306          239
U.S. Average (b)             581       421          596


                          November 1 through November 30   December 1
                                                            through
                                                          December 31
                                  Percent Change
Census Divisions          Normal to 2002  2001 to 2002  Normal (a)

New England
  CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT    9.0            28.0         1,041
Middle Atlantic
  NJ, NY, PA               11.6            49.3           996
East North Central
  IL, IN, Ml, OH, WI        2.6            52.8         1,133
West North Central
  IA, KS, MN, MO,
  NO, NE, SD                1.2            59.1         1,235
South Atlantic
  DE, FL, GA, MD and DC,
  NC, SC, VA, WV           15.3            62.1           692
East South Central
  AL, KY, MS, TN           18.8            73.5           712
West South Central
  AR, LA, OK, TX           22.4            72.6           535
Mountain
  AZ, CO, ID, MT,
  NV, NM, UT, WY           -3.5            17.2         1,006
Pacific (b)
  CA, OR, WA              -31.7           -21.9           513
U.S. Average (b)            2.6            41.6           874


                             December 1 through December 31
                                             Percent Change
Census Divisions           2001       2002     Normal to 2002

New England
  CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT    868      1,030      -1.1
Middle Atlantic
  NJ, NY, PA                804      1,012       1.6
East North Central
  IL, IN, Ml, OH, WI        929      1,029      -9.2
West North Central
  IA, KS, MN, MO,
  NO, NE, SD              1,021      1,023     -17.2
South Atlantic
  DE, FL, GA, MD and DC,
  NC, SC, VA, WV            552        714       3.2
East South Central
  AL, KY, MS, TN            583        690      -3.1
West South Central
  AR, LA, OK, TX            460        470     -12.1
Mountain
  AZ, CO, ID, MT,
  NV, NM, UT, WY            994        883     -12.2
Pacific (b)
  CA, OR, WA                515        389     -24.2
U.S. Average (b)            744        796      -8.9


                            December 1      Cumulative November 1
                             through         through December 31
                           December 31
                          Percent Change
Census Divisions          2001 to 2002  Normal (a)   2001

New England
  CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT   18.7         1,741       1,464
Middle Atlantic
  NJ, NY, PA               25.9         1,661       1,301
East North Central
  IL, IN, Ml, OH, WI       10.8         1,889       1,437
West North Central
  IA, KS, MN, MO,
  NO, NE, SD                0.2         2,065       1,549
South Atlantic
  DE, FL, GA, MD and DC,
  NC, SC, VA, WV           29.3         1,129         863
East South Central
  AL, KY, MS, TN           18.4         1,159         889
West South Central
  AR, LA, OK, TX            2.2           838         675
Mountain
  AZ, CO, ID, MT,
  NV, NM, UT, WY          -11.2         1,753       1,609
Pacific (b)
  CA, OR, WA              -24.5           863         821
U.S. Average (b)            7.0         1,455       1,165


                          Cumulative November 1 through December 31
                                              Percent Change
Census Divisions           2002       Normal to 2002  2001 to 2002

New England
  CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT  1,793         3.0            22.5
Middle Atlantic
  NJ, NY, PA              1,754         5.6            34.8
East North Central
  IL, IN, Ml, OH, WI      1,805        -4.4            25.6
West North Central
  IA, KS, MN, MO,
  NO, NE, SD              1,863        -9.8            20.3
South Atlantic
  DE, FL, GA, MD and DC,
  NC, SC, VA, WV          1,218         7.9            41.1
East South Central
  AL, KY, MS, TN          1,221         5.3            37.3
West South Central
  AR, LA, OK, TX            841         0.4            24.6
Mountain
  AZ, CO, ID, MT,
  NV, NM, UT, WY          1,604        -8.5            -0.3
Pacific (b)
  CA, OR, WA                628       -27.2           -23.5
U.S. Average (b)          1,392        -4.3            19.5

(a)Normal is based on calculations of data from 1961 through 1990.

(b) Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.

Note: See Appendix A, Explanatory Note 10 for discussion of Heating
Degree-Days computations.

Sources: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.