THE WEATHER & YOUR ELECTRIC BILL

     Snow, rain, heat, the weather determines how we live.  Will it be nice outside, or will it rain or snow.  Weather also has a large impact on your electric bill.  When it's cold you use more electricity to keep the house warm.  When it's hot you use more electricity to run the air conditioner, central air, or just an ordinary fan.
     But whether you're heating the house, or cooling it down weather plays a major part in determining how much electricity you'll use in a month.
     The National Weather Service keeps track of the weather with "Heating Degree Days" in the winter and "Cooling Degree Days" in the summer.  These are calculated by averaging the high and low temperatures of the day to determine the daily average.
     For example if the average daily temperature is below 65 degrees the average daily temperatures is subtracted from 65 and the difference is the number of Heating Degree Days for that day.
     The opposite is true for Cooling Degree Days.  If the average temperature is above 65 degrees, then 65 is subtracted from the average daily temperature and the difference is the CDD for that day.

     If you would like to keep track of heating or cooling degree days just click on the links below:

BINGHAMTON CLIMATE SUMMARY

AVOCA CLIMATE SUMMARY