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Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals

Highest Cooling Demand in Alaska

Cooling degree days are the mirror of heating degree days: how far and how long the temperature sits above 65°F. In the counties at the top of this list, cooling is the largest single line on the summer electricity bill. Figures are NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals from the weather station nearest each county seat, so they describe a thirty-year average rather than any single year.

Where does yours land? Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.

Alaska ranked

#County Cooling degree daysSummer highMonthly to own
1 Fairbanks North Star Borough 3471.6°F$2,351
2 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 2770.8°F$863
3 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 1971.5°F$2,083
4 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 1768.7°F$2,583
5 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 1664.7°F$2,891
6 Haines Borough 1165.4°F$2,501
7 Copper River Census Area 869.3°F$1,840
8 Juneau City and Borough 864.5°F$3,356
9 Skagway Municipality 864.5°F$3,126
10 Kusilvak Census Area 763.6°F$719
11 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 664.3°F$1,750
12 Anchorage Municipality 567.4°F$3,061
13 Northwest Arctic Borough 560.1°F$1,298
14 Bristol Bay Borough 364.6°F$2,133
15 Dillingham Census Area 364.6°F$1,529
16 Kodiak Island Borough 364.6°F$2,991
17 Nome Census Area 357.7°F$1,788
18 Chugach Census Area 161.9°F$2,618
19 Kenai Peninsula Borough 163.3°F$2,315
20 North Slope Borough 157.9°F$1,822
21 Petersburg Borough 161.7°F$2,347
22 Wrangell City and Borough 161.7°F$2,250
23 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 062.9°F$2,123
24 Sitka City and Borough 061.8°F$3,255
25 Yakutat City and Borough 062.1°F$1,543

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

Nationwide

Highest Cooling Demand across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Alaska

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