Degree Days - Weather Data for Heating and Cooling - UK and International
degreedays.net is a website for generating heating degree days and cooling degree days for locations around the world.Heating degree days are a form of weather data that's commonly used for analysis of the heating energy consumption of buildings. degreedays.net generates this data freely, and in a variety of formats, for over a thousand UK weather stations.Degree day data is available in daily format, weekly format (with any first day of the week), and monthly format, and it can be generated with a variety of base temperatures or balance points. This is important, the most appropriate balance point for degree-day-based analysis varies from building to building.The site also generates free cooling degree days. These are essentially heating degree days in reverse - they're used for analysis of the cooling energy consumption of buildings.All the degree days are calculated using data from Weather Underground - a source of weather data for locations worldwide.There are also articles explaining what degree days are and how best to use them.The site is primarily used by professionals in the energy-saving industry, but it's also popular amongst homeowners that are looking to reduce their domestic energy consumption.Visit http://www.degreedays.net/ to use the site.