Gas home customer-weighted heating degree days

Natural Gas Monthly, April, 2006

Table 26. Gas Home Customer-Weighted Heating Degree Days,

Month/Year/Type of Data     New England     Middle      East North
                                           Atlantic       Central

                            CT, ME, MA,   NJ, NY, PA    IL, IN, MI,
                            NH, RI, VT                    OH, WI

November
  Normal (a)                     703           665           757
  2004                           709           611           648
  2005                           662           572           668
  % Diff (normal to 2005)         -6           -14           -12
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)           -7            -6             3

December
  Normal (a)                   1,209         1,155         1,304
  2004                         1,260         1,177         1,228
  2005                           961           860           892
  % Diff (normal to 2005)        -21           -26           -32
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)          -24           -27           -27

January
  Normal (a)                   1,209         1,155         1,304
  2004                         1,260         1,177         1,228
  2005                           961           860           892
  % Diff (normal to 2005)        -21           -26           -32
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)          -24           -27           -27

February
  Normal (a)                   1,030           980         1,061
  2004                           999           935           938
  2005                         1,006           926         1,015
  % Diff (normal to 2005)         -2            -6            -4
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)            1            -1             8

March
  Normal (a)                     888           824           865
  2004                           979           930           948
  2005                           867           776           835
  % Diff (normal to 2005)         -2            -6            -3
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)          -11           -17           -12

November to March
  Normal (a)                   5,039         4,779         5,291
  2004                         5,207         4,830         4,990
  2005                         4,457         3,994         4,302
  % Diff (normal to 2005)        -12           -16           -19
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)          -14           -17           -14

Month/Year/Type of Data     West North       South      East South
                              Central      Atlantic       Central

                            IA, KS, MN,   DE, FL, GA,   AL, KY, MS,
                            MO, ND, NE,   MD, DC, NC,       TN
                                SD        SC, VA, WV

November
  Normal (a)                     841           442           454
  2004                           694           376           341
  2005                           708           395           401
  % Diff (normal to 2005)        -16           -11           -12
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)            2             5            18

December
  Normal (a)                   1,391           803           829
  2004                         1,313           704           650
  2005                           924           571           552
  % Diff (normal to 2005)        -34           -29           -33
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)          -30           -19           -15

January
  Normal (a)                   1,391           803           829
  2004                         1,313           704           650
  2005                           924           571           552
  % Diff (normal to 2005)        -34           -29           -33
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)          -30           -19           -15

February
  Normal (a)                   1,079           638           631
  2004                           903           588           532
  2005                         1,060           646           662
  % Diff (normal to 2005)         -2             1             5
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)           17            10            24

March
  Normal (a)                     859           484           459
  2004                           839           553           509
  2005                           787           466           431
  % Diff (normal to 2005)         -8            -4            -6
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)           -6           -16           -15

November to March
  Normal (a)                   5,561         3,170         3,202
  2004                         5,062         2,925         2,682
  2005                         4,403         2,649         2,598
  % Diff (normal to 2005)        -21           -16           -19
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)          -13            -9            -3

Month/Year/Type of Data       West South       Mountain
                                Central

                              AR, LA, OK,     AZ, CO, ID,
                                  TX          MT, NV, NM,
                                                UT, WY

November
  Normal (a)                       305             740
  2004                             247             730
  2005                             231             624
  % Diff (normal to 2005)          -24             -16
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)             -6             -15

December
  Normal (a)                       611           1,026
  2004                             470             913
  2005                             350             851
  % Diff (normal to 2005)          -43             -17
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)            -26              -7

January
  Normal (a)                       611           1,026
  2004                             470             913
  2005                             350             851
  % Diff (normal to 2005)          -43             -17
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)            -26              -7

February
  Normal (a)                       429             802
  2004                             343             753
  2005                             428             797
  % Diff (normal to 2005)            0              -1
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)             25               6

March
  Normal (a)                       276             696
  2004                             274             678
  2005                             204             719
  % Diff (normal to 2005)          -26               3
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)            -26               6

November to March
  Normal (a)                     2,232           4,290
  2004                           1,804           3,987
  2005                           1,563           3,842
  % Diff (normal to 2005)          -30             -10
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)            -13              -4

Month/Year/Type of Data       Pacific (b)        U.S.
                                              Average (b)
                              CA, OR, WA

November
  Normal (a)                       365             589
  2004                             393             529
  2005                             302             507
  % Diff (normal to 2005)          -17             -14
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)            -23              -4

December
  Normal (a)                       532             990
  2004                             508             926
  2005                             469             714
  % Diff (normal to 2005)          -12             -28
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)             -8             -23

January
  Normal (a)                       532             990
  2004                             508             926
  2005                             469             714
  % Diff (normal to 2005)          -12             -28
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)             -8             -23

February
  Normal (a)                       412             793
  2004                             381             714
  2005                             396             771
  % Diff (normal to 2005)           -4              -3
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)              4               8

March
  Normal (a)                       393             649
  2004                             347             686
  2005                             503             638
  % Diff (normal to 2005)           28              -2
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)             45              -7

November to March
  Normal (a)                     2,234           4,011
  2004                           2,137           3,781
  2005                           2,139           3,344
  % Diff (normal to 2005)           -4             -17
  % Diff (2004 to 2005)              0             -12

(a) Normal is based on calculations of data from 1971 through 2000.

(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.
COPYRIGHT 2006 U.S. Department of Energy
COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning
 

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