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Indicator Name
Heating Degree Days
Short definition
Heating degree days (ref-65°F)
Long definition
The cumulative number of degrees that the daily average temperature over a given period is below a specified threshold (here 65°F), which is a measurement designed to quantify the demand for energy needed to warm a building.
Source
World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal (CCKP)
Unit of measure
Degrees F
Periodicity
Annual
Related source links
https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/download-data
License URL
https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/public-licenses