Gas home customer-weighted heating degree days

Natural Gas Monthly, Dec, 2006

Table 26. Gas Home Customer-Weighted Heating Degree Days

                                 New England         Middle Atlantic
Month/Year/Type of Data
                               CT, ME, MA, NH,         NJ, NY, PA
                                   RI, VT

November
  Normal (a)                          702                   665
  2005                                651                   584
  2006                                562                   523
  % Diff (normal to 2006)          -19.94                -21.35
  % Diff (2005 to 2006)            -13.67                -10.45

                             East North Central     West North Central
Month/Year/Type of Data
                             IL, IN, MI, OH, WI      IA, KS, MN, MO,
                                                       ND, NE, SD

November
  Normal (a)                          757                   841
  2005                                681                   728
  2006                                668                   743
  % Diff (normal to 2006)          -11.76                -11.65
  % Diff (2005 to 2006)             -1.91                  2.06

                               South Atlantic       East South Central
Month/Year/Type of Data
                             DE, FL, GA, MD, DC,     AL, KY, MS, TN
                               NC, SC, VA, WV

November
  Normal (a)                          442                   455
  2005                                398                   410
  2006                                411                   452
  % Diff (normal to 2006)           -7.01                 -0.66
  % Diff (2005 to 2006)              3.27                 10.24

                             West South Central         Mountain
Month/Year/Type of Data
                               AR, LA, OK, TX        AZ, CO, ID, MT,
                                                     NV, NM, UT, WY

November
  Normal (a)                          305                   739
  2005                                239                   629
  2006                                261                   646
  % Diff (normal to 2006)          -14.43                -12.58
  % Diff (2005 to 2006)              9.21                  2.70

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

November
  Normal (a)                          365                   589
  2005                                283                   512
  2006                                305                   509
  % Diff (normal to 2006)          -16.44                -13.58
  % Diff (2005 to 2006)              7.77                 -0.59

(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.

Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.