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About Heating/Cooling Degree Days

Heating/cooling degree days are forms of degree days used to estimate energy requirements for heating/cooling. Typically, heating degree days are calculated as how much colder the mean temperature at a location is than 65°F on a given day. Cooling degree days are calculated as how much warmer the mean temperature is than 65°F.