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Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals

Highest Heating Demand in Michigan

Heating degree days measure how far and how long the outside temperature sits below 65°F across a year, which is the closest single number to how much heat a house has to make. 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.

Michigan ranked

#County Heating degree daysWinter lowMonthly to own
1 Iron County 9,6580.0°F$996
2 Baraga County 9,5186.7°F$1,163
3 Houghton County 9,5186.7°F$1,277
4 Gogebic County 9,4222.3°F$987
5 Keweenaw County 9,2186.8°F$1,540
6 Marquette County 9,2186.8°F$1,701
7 Dickinson County 8,7085.8°F$1,223
8 Schoolcraft County 8,56010.4°F$1,131
9 Delta County 8,5556.2°F$1,309
10 Menominee County 8,4988.1°F$1,267
11 Alger County 8,47411.8°F$1,433
12 Luce County 8,47411.8°F$1,026
13 Charlevoix County 8,3917.3°F$2,000
14 Cheboygan County 8,3917.3°F$1,493
15 Mackinac County 8,3917.3°F$1,438
16 Chippewa County 8,3728.2°F$1,377
17 Otsego County 8,3619.7°F$1,642
18 Kalkaska County 8,2889.5°F$1,480
19 Alcona County 8,23313.2°F$1,351
20 Ontonagon County 8,2298.6°F$975
21 Crawford County 8,2288.7°F$1,328
22 Montmorency County 8,1589.3°F$1,249
23 Missaukee County 8,0869.6°F$1,415
24 Emmet County 7,99812.2°F$2,220
25 Oscoda County 7,89811.0°F$1,134
26 Roscommon County 7,89811.0°F$1,309
27 Alpena County 7,87712.7°F$1,242
28 Presque Isle County 7,87712.7°F$1,211
29 Ogemaw County 7,87210.1°F$1,236
30 Lake County 7,85212.2°F$1,133
31 Osceola County 7,85212.2°F$1,247
32 Wexford County 7,85212.2°F$1,415
33 Mecosta County 7,62112.2°F$1,463
34 Iosco County 7,45612.9°F$1,124
35 Clare County 7,42512.5°F$1,094
36 Gladwin County 7,42512.5°F$1,364
37 Arenac County 7,39114.0°F$1,194
38 Oceana County 7,21016.2°F$1,467
39 Antrim County 7,20214.2°F$1,836
40 Newaygo County 7,19015.7°F$1,548
41 Tuscola County 7,12014.6°F$1,253
42 Benzie County 7,10718.5°F$2,052
43 Grand Traverse County 7,10416.3°F$2,391
44 Leelanau County 7,10416.3°F$3,112
45 Montcalm County 7,06012.9°F$1,491
46 Gratiot County 7,05115.0°F$1,251
47 Ionia County 7,03915.6°F$1,634
48 Huron County 6,94218.7°F$1,281
49 Lapeer County 6,94215.1°F$1,892
50 Sanilac County 6,94218.7°F$1,396
51 Muskegon County 6,94118.6°F$1,584
52 Eaton County 6,94015.1°F$1,807
53 Isabella County 6,89915.9°F$1,473
54 Livingston County 6,88514.4°F$2,650
55 Barry County 6,88316.1°F$2,031
56 Shiawassee County 6,86815.7°F$1,472
57 Genesee County 6,85116.0°F$1,544
58 Manistee County 6,84818.6°F$1,452
59 Mason County 6,84818.6°F$1,698
60 Hillsdale County 6,79715.1°F$1,463
61 St. Clair County 6,78516.1°F$1,818
62 Bay County 6,78216.4°F$1,278
63 Midland County 6,78216.4°F$1,648
64 Saginaw County 6,78216.4°F$1,305
65 Washtenaw County 6,74215.2°F$2,980
66 Cass County 6,73016.2°F$1,718
67 Branch County 6,70415.9°F$1,327
68 Oakland County 6,67916.5°F$2,661
69 St. Joseph County 6,60216.7°F$1,463
70 Ottawa County 6,58619.3°F$2,373
71 Macomb County 6,55017.9°F$1,999
72 Clinton County 6,50717.7°F$2,060
73 Jackson County 6,47017.5°F$1,604
74 Ingham County 6,41117.5°F$1,728
75 Calhoun County 6,40917.3°F$1,391
76 Kent County 6,40818.6°F$2,202
77 Berrien County 6,40017.0°F$1,791
78 Lenawee County 6,38317.3°F$1,597
79 Kalamazoo County 6,32618.1°F$1,981
80 Van Buren County 6,18420.3°F$1,657
81 Monroe County 6,06719.2°F$1,830
82 Wayne County 6,06719.2°F$1,557
83 Allegan County 5,87922.1°F$2,060

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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