Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs (heating Cities) in Utah
Utah: Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs (heating Cities) was 3,078 Degree days in 2025. ▼ Falling
Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Utah, 1950–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Degree days.
Analysis
Utah recorded 3,078 Degree days for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 76 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.2% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Utah peaked at 4,349 Degree days in 1964 and was at its lowest, 3,078 Degree days, in 2025.
That places Utah 58th out of 1314 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 76 years of available data.
Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs (heating Cities) in Utah, year by year
| Year | Degree days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 3,808 Degree days | — |
| 1951 | 4,105 Degree days | +7.8% |
| 1952 | 4,108 Degree days | +0.1% |
| 1953 | 3,915 Degree days | -4.7% |
| 1954 | 3,634 Degree days | -7.2% |
| 1955 | 4,233 Degree days | +16.5% |
| 1956 | 3,993 Degree days | -5.7% |
| 1957 | 4,049 Degree days | +1.4% |
| 1958 | 3,643 Degree days | -10.0% |
| 1959 | 3,850 Degree days | +5.7% |
| 1960 | 4,015 Degree days | +4.3% |
| 1961 | 4,072 Degree days | +1.4% |
| 1962 | 3,710 Degree days | -8.9% |
| 1963 | 3,731 Degree days | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 4,349 Degree days | +16.6% |
| 1965 | 3,948 Degree days | -9.2% |
| 1966 | 3,800 Degree days | -3.7% |
| 1967 | 3,895 Degree days | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 4,042 Degree days | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 4,083 Degree days | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 4,142 Degree days | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 4,284 Degree days | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 3,903 Degree days | -8.9% |
| 1973 | 4,110 Degree days | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 3,905 Degree days | -5.0% |
| 1975 | 4,286 Degree days | +9.8% |
| 1976 | 3,752 Degree days | -12.5% |
| 1977 | 3,635 Degree days | -3.1% |
| 1978 | 3,757 Degree days | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 3,960 Degree days | +5.4% |
| 1980 | 3,623 Degree days | -8.5% |
| 1981 | 3,380 Degree days | -6.7% |
| 1982 | 4,142 Degree days | +22.5% |
| 1983 | 3,833 Degree days | -7.5% |
| 1984 | 4,254 Degree days | +11.0% |
| 1985 | 4,012 Degree days | -5.7% |
| 1986 | 3,554 Degree days | -11.4% |
| 1987 | 3,629 Degree days | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 3,774 Degree days | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 3,648 Degree days | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 3,650 Degree days | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 3,826 Degree days | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 3,447 Degree days | -9.9% |
| 1993 | 3,873 Degree days | +12.4% |
| 1994 | 3,666 Degree days | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 3,483 Degree days | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 3,698 Degree days | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 3,836 Degree days | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 3,845 Degree days | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 3,548 Degree days | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 3,654 Degree days | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 3,552 Degree days | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 3,819 Degree days | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 3,527 Degree days | -7.7% |
| 2004 | 3,688 Degree days | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 3,590 Degree days | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 3,842 Degree days | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 3,625 Degree days | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 3,976 Degree days | +9.7% |
| 2009 | 3,896 Degree days | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 3,832 Degree days | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 4,051 Degree days | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 3,432 Degree days | -15.3% |
| 2013 | 3,956 Degree days | +15.2% |
| 2014 | 3,328 Degree days | -15.9% |
| 2015 | 3,294 Degree days | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 3,466 Degree days | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 3,367 Degree days | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 3,501 Degree days | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 3,874 Degree days | +10.7% |
| 2020 | 3,540 Degree days | -8.6% |
| 2021 | 3,477 Degree days | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 3,750 Degree days | +7.9% |
| 2023 | 3,949 Degree days | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 3,588 Degree days | -9.1% |
| 2025 | 3,078 Degree days | -14.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3,934 Degree days | 3,634 Degree days | 4,233 Degree days | 10 |
| 1960s | 3,964 Degree days | 3,710 Degree days | 4,349 Degree days | 10 |
| 1970s | 3,973 Degree days | 3,635 Degree days | 4,286 Degree days | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,785 Degree days | 3,380 Degree days | 4,254 Degree days | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,687 Degree days | 3,447 Degree days | 3,873 Degree days | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,717 Degree days | 3,527 Degree days | 3,976 Degree days | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,610 Degree days | 3,294 Degree days | 4,051 Degree days | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,564 Degree days | 3,078 Degree days | 3,949 Degree days | 6 |
More reference data data for Utah
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -15.52 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree -41.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -115.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs, annual growth rate -14.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -342.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -658.16 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 161.37 Degree days (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation -0.9383 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days 0.733 Days per year (2024)
- Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change -1.2 Millimetres per year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Utah?
- Cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Utah was 3,078 Degree days in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas recorded in Utah?
- The highest recorded value was 4,349 Degree days in 1964.
- What is the lowest cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas recorded in Utah?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,078 Degree days in 2025.
- How does Utah rank for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas?
- Utah ranks 58th out of 1314 groups with data for 2025.
- Is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas rising or falling in Utah?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Utah data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides indicators of Cooling and Heating Degree Days (CDDs and HDDs) for FUAs and cities. CDDs and HDDs are measurements used to estimate energy usage based on outdoor temperature. CDD measures the demand for cooling, while HDD measures the demand for heating, both calculated relative to a baseline temperature. Data sources and methodology The indicators use 0.1-degree resolution grids from the ERA5-Land dataset. ERA5-Land is used as it provides harmonised, globally consistent coverage at fine spatial resolution (0.1 degree), enabling the production of comparable subnational indicators also where national meteorological data are not available at the required scale. Annual CDDs are the sum over a year of the differences between the daily mean outdoor air temperature and the threshold temperature when the outdoor temperature is above the threshold temperature. HDDs are the sum over a year of the differences between the threshold temperature and the daily mean outdoor air temperature when the outdoor temperature is below the threshold temperature. Threshold temperatures are set to 22°C for CDDs and 15°C for HDDs. These estimates may differ from official subnational climate statistics due to differences in methodological approaches, such as the use of reanalysis based top down modelling versus in situ observations, along with variations in input data sources, spatial resolution, and the models and algorithms used to generate temperature estimates. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The correspondence table between SAUs and FUAs/cities is available in parquet and csv format. The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org