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Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals

Highest Cooling Demand in North Dakota

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.

North Dakota ranked

#County Cooling degree daysSummer highMonthly to own
1 Sheridan County 65585.3°F$980
2 Sioux County 63086.0°F$817
3 Traill County 57381.3°F$1,650
4 Richland County 56582.2°F$1,546
5 McHenry County 55283.8°F$1,230
6 Ward County 55283.8°F$2,148
7 Burleigh County 53684.7°F$2,514
8 Emmons County 53684.7°F$1,032
9 Grant County 53684.7°F$842
10 Morton County 53684.7°F$2,067
11 Mercer County 53085.9°F$1,676
12 LaMoure County 52583.3°F$1,080
13 Golden Valley County 49285.0°F$1,085
14 Dickey County 48882.0°F$1,437
15 Hettinger County 48184.8°F$1,042
16 Sargent County 46681.0°F$1,336
17 Ransom County 46282.0°F$1,513
18 McKenzie County 46182.2°F$2,687
19 Williams County 45784.5°F$2,133
20 Cass County 44980.8°F$2,373
21 Oliver County 44781.6°F$1,752
22 McLean County 44181.3°F$1,890
23 Billings County 43982.2°F$2,434
24 Slope County 43982.2°F$1,045
25 Eddy County 42479.4°F$1,054
26 McIntosh County 42481.0°F$808
27 Ramsey County 42479.4°F$1,663
28 Foster County 41981.7°F$1,455
29 Stark County 41983.9°F$2,125
30 Stutsman County 41981.2°F$1,711
31 Bottineau County 41681.8°F$1,577
32 Barnes County 39981.2°F$1,469
33 Bowman County 39682.7°F$1,481
34 Dunn County 38984.2°F$1,939
35 Adams County 38684.1°F$1,013
36 Grand Forks County 38480.7°F$2,048
37 Walsh County 38480.7°F$1,151
38 Steele County 36980.5°F$1,096
39 Wells County 36480.5°F$1,001
40 Benson County 34779.3°F$815
41 Nelson County 34478.9°F$1,038
42 Kidder County 33580.0°F$1,196
43 Logan County 33580.0°F$957
44 Divide County 32981.0°F$1,435
45 Griggs County 30778.8°F$1,149
46 Pierce County 30479.9°F$1,276
47 Rolette County 27979.1°F$895
48 Pembina County 27377.5°F$1,073
49 Mountrail County 27280.3°F$1,770
50 Cavalier County 24976.6°F$1,140
51 Renville County 24979.6°F$1,377
52 Burke County 17478.3°F$1,223
53 Towner County 15674.7°F$1,106

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 North Dakota

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