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Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals

Highest Cooling Demand in Minnesota

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.

Minnesota ranked

#County Cooling degree daysSummer highMonthly to own
1 Winona County 94285.4°F$1,840
2 Cottonwood County 81384.3°F$1,354
3 Ramsey County 79082.7°F$2,520
4 Carver County 78883.7°F$3,377
5 Martin County 77382.9°F$1,370
6 Lincoln County 72284.7°F$1,321
7 Lyon County 72284.7°F$1,636
8 Hennepin County 70383.3°F$3,041
9 Redwood County 69083.6°F$1,306
10 Watonwan County 68682.8°F$1,323
11 Big Stone County 68282.8°F$1,186
12 Faribault County 66882.2°F$1,092
13 Traverse County 66682.4°F$1,009
14 Morrison County 65784.7°F$1,937
15 Freeborn County 65181.6°F$1,427
16 Swift County 64383.3°F$1,269
17 Steele County 64081.7°F$1,975
18 Pipestone County 63782.4°F$1,125
19 Blue Earth County 63281.9°F$2,070
20 Waseca County 62581.3°F$1,812
21 Wabasha County 61483.1°F$2,039
22 Lac qui Parle County 60882.5°F$1,253
23 Kandiyohi County 59681.5°F$1,906
24 Rock County 59482.7°F$1,645
25 Brown County 59382.3°F$1,550
26 Rice County 58982.0°F$2,406
27 Nobles County 58882.0°F$1,516
28 Houston County 58781.2°F$1,907
29 Le Sueur County 57781.9°F$2,353
30 Dakota County 55181.3°F$2,885
31 Chippewa County 54682.2°F$1,306
32 Isanti County 54681.8°F$2,309
33 Yellow Medicine County 54682.2°F$1,300
34 Clay County 54282.1°F$2,121
35 Nicollet County 54281.4°F$2,141
36 Wilkin County 54282.1°F$1,440
37 Jackson County 53881.4°F$1,264
38 McLeod County 53580.9°F$1,960
39 Sibley County 53580.9°F$1,810
40 Dodge County 53380.3°F$2,201
41 Olmsted County 53380.3°F$2,480
42 Scott County 53280.7°F$3,141
43 Wright County 53280.9°F$2,667
44 Renville County 51382.0°F$1,324
45 Washington County 51179.3°F$3,175
46 Anoka County 50882.2°F$2,603
47 Goodhue County 50781.0°F$2,211
48 Stearns County 50680.9°F$2,105
49 Stevens County 49880.7°F$1,508
50 Murray County 49781.1°F$1,492
51 Douglas County 49580.2°F$2,329
52 Grant County 49580.2°F$1,512
53 Meeker County 49481.2°F$1,884
54 Pope County 49182.9°F$1,956
55 Benton County 46881.6°F$2,036
56 Sherburne County 46480.9°F$2,666
57 Fillmore County 45281.1°F$1,701
58 Chisago County 44682.1°F$2,655
59 Otter Tail County 41678.6°F$2,024
60 Crow Wing County 41381.5°F$2,185
61 Mower County 40879.3°F$1,480
62 Norman County 39280.7°F$1,200
63 Kanabec County 39080.3°F$1,858
64 Polk County 38678.9°F$1,763
65 Red Lake County 38678.9°F$1,356
66 Kittson County 38279.4°F$1,183
67 Mille Lacs County 37880.1°F$1,967
68 Becker County 36780.2°F$2,118
69 Cass County 36780.2°F$2,051
70 Hubbard County 36780.2°F$2,057
71 Wadena County 36780.2°F$1,466
72 Mahnomen County 36278.5°F$1,279
73 Beltrami County 33976.6°F$1,845
74 Todd County 31378.7°F$1,593
75 Clearwater County 28778.2°F$1,470
76 Aitkin County 27079.1°F$1,858
77 Pine County 26678.8°F$1,847
78 Itasca County 23176.8°F$1,747
79 Lake of the Woods County 22877.9°F$1,739
80 St. Louis County 22877.2°F$1,748
81 Carlton County 21278.5°F$1,951
82 Marshall County 18877.5°F$1,311
83 Pennington County 18877.5°F$1,632
84 Roseau County 18877.5°F$1,499
85 Koochiching County 17576.5°F$1,237
86 Lake County 17576.1°F$1,804
87 Cook County 5169.9°F$2,328

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.

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