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Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals

Highest Heating Demand in Wisconsin

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.

Wisconsin ranked

#County Heating degree daysWinter lowMonthly to own
1 Vilas County 9,4810.5°F$2,112
2 Forest County 9,3314.0°F$1,450
3 Iron County 9,2053.2°F$1,337
4 Price County 9,0820.5°F$1,305
5 Sawyer County 8,9971.6°F$1,785
6 Marinette County 8,8754.0°F$1,347
7 Langlade County 8,8643.7°F$1,291
8 Oneida County 8,8323.7°F$1,832
9 Ashland County 8,7965.8°F$1,419
10 Bayfield County 8,7965.8°F$1,860
11 Douglas County 8,7965.8°F$1,629
12 Taylor County 8,7632.3°F$1,611
13 Rusk County 8,7452.0°F$1,321
14 Florence County 8,7085.8°F$1,469
15 Washburn County 8,6730.9°F$1,720
16 Lincoln County 8,6673.4°F$1,544
17 Pierce County 8,5802.4°F$2,554
18 St. Croix County 8,5281.8°F$2,797
19 Barron County 8,4641.7°F$1,701
20 Burnett County 8,4221.2°F$1,747
21 Menominee County 8,4155.1°F$1,108
22 Oconto County 8,4155.1°F$1,775
23 Marathon County 8,1746.7°F$1,771
24 Vernon County 8,1326.1°F$1,785
25 Clark County 8,1196.8°F$1,450
26 Shawano County 8,1036.2°F$1,558
27 Trempealeau County 8,0944.1°F$1,770
28 Polk County 8,0784.6°F$1,987
29 Portage County 8,0377.1°F$1,955
30 Dunn County 8,0364.5°F$1,922
31 Chippewa County 7,9466.9°F$1,949
32 Monroe County 7,9355.6°F$1,692
33 Eau Claire County 7,9235.8°F$2,038
34 Kewaunee County 7,87110.7°F$1,791
35 Waushara County 7,8646.9°F$1,592
36 Waupaca County 7,8317.6°F$1,670
37 Wood County 7,8307.7°F$1,491
38 Adams County 7,8116.0°F$1,577
39 Pepin County 7,7844.5°F$1,691
40 Manitowoc County 7,77912.0°F$1,524
41 Door County 7,72512.0°F$2,436
42 Green Lake County 7,6838.9°F$1,743
43 Dodge County 7,6738.6°F$1,878
44 Jackson County 7,6397.6°F$1,615
45 Juneau County 7,6397.6°F$1,463
46 Sauk County 7,6397.6°F$2,053
47 Ozaukee County 7,60311.2°F$2,949
48 Marquette County 7,5718.0°F$1,710
49 Calumet County 7,5529.9°F$2,131
50 Buffalo County 7,5518.1°F$1,696
51 Iowa County 7,5418.9°F$2,108
52 Brown County 7,50511.1°F$2,071
53 Outagamie County 7,50511.1°F$2,059
54 Richland County 7,4987.6°F$1,581
55 Washington County 7,42010.7°F$2,540
56 Lafayette County 7,3848.4°F$1,610
57 Grant County 7,3658.9°F$1,612
58 Winnebago County 7,35211.1°F$1,830
59 Columbia County 7,3429.9°F$2,173
60 Crawford County 7,3337.0°F$1,556
61 Fond du Lac County 7,27511.1°F$1,816
62 Waukesha County 7,24711.6°F$2,970
63 Jefferson County 7,12511.0°F$2,155
64 Green County 7,11510.9°F$2,038
65 Dane County 7,09711.1°F$3,068
66 Rock County 6,94711.6°F$1,883
67 Walworth County 6,93313.4°F$2,295
68 Sheboygan County 6,91914.7°F$1,865
69 La Crosse County 6,78810.5°F$2,085
70 Racine County 6,68216.0°F$2,069
71 Milwaukee County 6,67915.9°F$1,950
72 Kenosha County 6,44716.4°F$2,133

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

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