Gas Home Customer-Weighted Heating Degree-Days - Illustration

Natural Gas Monthly, April, 2003

Table 26

Gas Home Customer-Weighted Heating Degree-Days

                               November 1 throuth November 30
                                                     Percent Change
Census                                               Normal     2001
Divisions           Normal (a)  2001      2002       to 2002   to 2002

New England
   CT, ME, MA, NH,     700       596       763         9.0      28.0
   RI, VT
Middle Atlantic
   NJ, NY, PA          665       497       742        11.6      49.3
East North Central
   IL, IN, MI,         756       508       776         2.6      52.8
   OH, WI
West North Central
   IA, KS, MN, MO,     830       528       840         1.2      59.1
   ND, NE, SD
South Atlantic
   DE, FL, GA, MD      437       311       504        15.3      62.1
   and DC, NC, SC,
   VA, WV
East South Central
   AL, KY, MS, TN      447       306       531        18.8      73.5
West South Central
   AR, LA, OK, TX      303       215       371        22.4      72.6
Mountain
   AZ, CO, ID, MT,     747       615       721        -3.5      17.2
   NV, NM, UT, WY
Pacific (b)
   CA, OR, WA          350       306       239       -31.7     -21.9
U.S. Average (b)       581       421       596         2.6      41.6

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

New England
   CT, ME, MA, NH,    1,041       868     1,030       -1.1      18.7
   RI, VT
Middle Atlantic
   NJ, NY, PA           996       804     1,012        1.6      25.9
East North Central
   IL, IN, MI,        1,133       929     1,029       -9.2      10.8
   OH, WI
West North Central
   IA, KS, MN, MO,    1,235     1,021     1,023      -17.2       0.2
   ND, NE, SD
South Atlantic
   DE, FL, GA, MD       692       552       714        3.2      29.3
   and DC, NC, SC,
   VA, WV
East South Central
   AL, KY, MS, TN       712       583       690       -3.1      18.4
West South Central
   AR, LA, OK, TX       535       460       470      -12.1       2.2
Mountain
   AZ, CO, ID, MT,    1,006       994       883      -12.2     -11.2
   NV, NM, UT, WY
Pacific (b)
   CA, OR, WA           513       515       389      -24.2     -24.5
U.S. Average (b)        874       744       796       -8.9       7.0

                                       January 1 through January 31

                                   Normal (a)     2002        2003

New England
   CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT            1,205         977       1,282
Middle Atlantic
   NJ, NY, PA                        1,156         910       1,264
East North Central
   IL, IN, MI, OH, WI                1,301       1,000       1,294
West North Central
   IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD        1,375       1,089       1,276
South Atlantic
   DE, FL, GA, MD and DC, NC, SC,      794         653         840
   VA, WV

East South Central
   AL, KY, MS, TN                      818         671         886
West South Central
   AR, LA, OK, TX                      609         503         573
Mountain
   AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY    1,035       1,001         757
Pacific (b)
   CA, OR, WA                          514         540         312
U.S. Average (b)                       981         810         938

                                    January 1 through January 31
                                           Percent Change
                                   Normal to 2003  2002 to 2003

New England
   CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT                6.4           31.2
Middle Atlantic
   NJ, NY, PA                            9.3           38.9
East North Central
   IL, IN, MI, OH, WI                   -0.5           29.4
West North Central
   IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD           -7.2           17.2
South Atlantic
   DE, FL, GA, MD and DC, NC, SC,        5.8           28.6
   VA, WV
East South Central
   AL, KY, MS, TN                        8.3           32.0
West South Central
   AR, LA, OK, TX                       -5.9           13.9
Mountain
   AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY      -26.9          -24.4
Pacific (b)
   CA, OR, WA                          -39.3          -42.2
U.S. Average (b)                        -4.4           15.8

                                      February 1 through February 28

                                   Normal (a)     2002        2003

New England
   CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT            1,026        865        1,077
Middle Atlantic
   NJ, NY, PA                          981        809        1,082
East North Central
   IL, IN, MI, OH, WI                1,059        881        1,094
West North Central
   IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD        1,066        897        1,101
South Atlantic
   DE, FL, GA, MD and DC, NC, SC,      631        580          632
   VA, WV
East South Central
   AL, KY, MS, TN                      622        624          601
West South Central
   AR, LA, OK, TX                      427        472          410
Mountain
   AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY      811        814          793
Pacific (b)
   CA, OR, WA                          398        373          351
U.S. Average (b)                       784        692          800

                                   February 1 through February 28
                                           Percent Change
                                   Normal to 2003  2002 to 2003

New England
   CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT                5.0           24.5
Middle Atlantic
   NJ, NY, PA                           10.3           33.7
East North Central
   IL, IN, MI, OH, WI                    3.3           24.2
West North Central
   IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD            3.3           22.7
South Atlantic
   DE, FL, GA, MD and DC, NC, SC,        0.2            9.0
   VA, WV
East South Central
   AL, KY, MS, TN                       -3.4           -3.7
West South Central
   AR, LA, OK, TX                       -4.0          -13.1
Mountain
   AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY       -2.2           -2.6
Pacific (b)
   CA, OR, WA                          -11.8           -5.9
U.S. Average (b)                         2.0           15.6

                              March 1 through March 31
Census
Divisions                  Normal (a)    2002       2003

New England
   CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT     884        738        839
Middle Atlantic
   NJ, NY, PA                 824        686        785
East North Central
   IL, IN, MI, OH, WI         863        828        820
West North Central
   IA, KS, MN, MO,
   ND, NE, SD                 846        907        793
South Atlantic
   DE, FL, GA, MD and DC,
   NC, SC, VA, WV             478        383        384
East South Central
   AL, KY, MS, TN             451        388        348
West South Central
   AR, LA, OK, TX             274        269        246
Mountain
   AZ, CO, ID, MT,
   NV, NM, UT, WY             704        715        614
Pacific (b)
   CA, OR, WA                 380        358        305
U.S. Average (b)              640        597        579


                            March 1 through March 31
Census                               Percent Change
Divisions                  Normal 2003  2002 to 2003

New England
   CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT     -5.1          13.7
Middle Atlantic
   NJ, NY, PA                 -7.2          11.5
East North Central
   IL, IN, MI, OH, WI         -5.0          -1.0
West North Central
   IA, KS, MN, MO,
   ND, NE, SD                 -6.3         -12.6
South Atlantic
   DE, FL, GA, MD and DC,
   NC, SC, VA, WV            -19.7           0.3
East South Central
   AL, KY, MS, TN            -22.8         -10.3
West South Central
   AR, LA, OK, TX            -10.2          -8.6
Mountain
   AZ, CO, ID, MT,
   NV, NM, UT, WY            -12.8         -14.1
Pacific (b)
   CA, OR, WA                -19.7         -14.8
U.S. Average (b)              -9.5          -3.0

                                           Cumulative
                                  November 1 through March 31
Census
Divisions                  Normal (a)          2001-2002  2002-2003

New England
   CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT   4,856                4,044      4,991
Middle Atlantic
   NJ, NY, PA               4,622                3,706      4,865
East North Central
   IL, IN, MI, OH, WI       5,112                4,146      5,013
West North Central
   IA, KS, MN, MO,
   ND, NE, SD               5,352                4,442      5,033
South Atlantic
   DE, FL, GA, MD and DC,
   NC, SC, VA, WV           3,032                2,479      3,074
East South Central
   AL, KY, MS, TN           3,050                2,572      3,056
West South Central
   AR, LA, OK, TX           2,148                1,919      2,070
Mountain
   AZ, CO, ID, MT,
   NV, NM, UT, WY           4,303                4,139      3,768
Pacific (b)
   CA, OR, WA               2,155                2,092      1,596
U.S. Average (b)            3,860                3,264      3,709

                                     Cumulative
                            November 1 through March 31
Census                             Percent Change
Divisions                  Normal to 2003  2002 to 2003

New England
   CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT        2.8           23.4
Middle Atlantic
   NJ, NY, PA                    5.3           31.3
East North Central
   IL, IN, MI, OH, WI           -1.9           20.9
West North Central
   IA, KS, MN, MO,
   ND, NE, SD                   -6.0           13.3
South Atlantic
   DE, FL, GA, MD and DC,
   NC, SC, VA, WV                1.4           24.0
East South Central
   AL, KY, MS, TN                0.2           18.8
West South Central
   AR, LA, OK, TX               -3.6            7.9
Mountain
   AZ, CO, ID, MT,
   NV, NM, UT, WY              -12.4           -9.0
Pacific (b)
   CA, OR, WA                  -25.9          -23.7
U.S. Average (b)                -3.9           13.6

(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.
COPYRIGHT 2003 U.S. Department of Energy
COPYRIGHT 2004 Gale Group
 

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