Today's featured chart presents year to date accumulated heating degree days (base 60°F). The red line is a simple average with the blue shaded region representing the range between the 25th and 75th percentile and then the tan region representing the 5th to 95th percentile. The blue dots are the 2026 values. For much of January, the accumulation was near the bottom of the observed range. The past week or two have made up for lost time with the accumulation now above the 25th percentile and inching higher. Charts like these often tell an effective story for the energy demands necessary to heat buildings as a larger accumulation implies colder temperatures and thus more energy required (read higher monetary costs).

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