Call us up if you think you're using more fuel oil this year even though the degree days are the same.

"If the value is 70, there were five cooling degree days."

At hot 88 degree day kept cars off the track most of the afternoon.

The industry measures heating requirements with a figure called degree days.

A degree day is a measure of heating or cooling.

The second way is to track growing degree days.

The early part of the last heating season was also cold, with 1,501 degree days by Dec. 21.

Who the hell wouldn't prefer a nice 80 degree day?

So, for example, a day with a low of 30 and high of 50 would equal 25 degree days.

Many insects have had their development cycles modeled in terms of degree days.

Degree Days are also used to estimate air conditioning usage during the warm season.

Cooling degree days are also measured by the difference between the average temperature and 65 degrees.

The higher the number of degree days in a season, the colder the winter - and the greater the demand for heating.

We have recently had another Degree Day and an opportunity to meet up with a few familiar faces.

As with all insects, developmental rates depend on temperature and degree days.

One of the most common driving factors is the weather, expressed usually as heating or cooling degree days.

That means that the current winter is 353 degree days, or about 21 percent, warmer than usual.

Of course, a single cold calendar day could represent dozens of degree days.

Fewer degree days, conversely, add that much to the disposable income of homes and businesses.

This can be a problem in the summer, especially on western walls in areas with high degree day cooling requirements.

In recent years, Waterford Township has seen a few 100-plus degree days.

He could live without the minus-30 degree days, but Domi finally has the minutes, and the victories.

Monitor the degree days of an environment to determine when is the optimal time for a specific insect's outbreak.

For example, if a day's average temperature is 20 degrees, then the heating requirement is 45 degree days.

The number of degree days in the Niagara River sub-appellation is 1470.