Natural Gas home customer-weighted heating degree days.

Table 23. Natural Gas Home Customer-Weighted Heating Degree Days

Month/Year/Type    New     Middle     East     West     South
of Data          England  Atlantic   North    North   Atlantic
                                    Central  Central
                 CT, ME,  NJ, NY,   IL, IN,  IA, KS,   DE, FL,
                 MA, NH,     PA     MI, OH,  MN, MO,   GA, MD,
                 RI, VT               WI     ND, NE,   DC, NC,
                                               SD      SC, VA,
                                                           WV

November

Normal               703       665      758      841       443

2010                 690       639      711      777       440

2011                 555       533      615      733       377

% Diff (normal     -21.1     -19.9    -18.9    -12.8     -14.9
to 2011)

% Diff (2010 to    -19.6     -16.6    -13.5     -5.7     -14.3
2011)

December

Normal             1,045       995    1,136    1,249       700

2010               1,109     1,108    1,285    1,311       923

2011                 860       828      939    1,060       566

% Diff (normal     -17.7     -16.8    -17.3    -15.1     -19.1
to 2011)

% Diff (2010 to    -22.5     -25.3    -26.9    -19.2     -38.7
2011)

January

Normal             1,208     1,155    1,303    1,392       803

2011               1,279     1,227    1,364    1,473       889

2012               1,027       990    1,078    1,115       649

% Diff (normal     -15.0     -14.3    -17.3    -19.9     -19.2
to 2012)

% Diff (2011 to    -19.7     -19.3    -21.0    -24.3     -27.0
2012)

November to
January

Normal             2,956     2,815    3,197    3,482     1,946

2011               3,078     2,974    3,360    3,561     2,252

2012               2,442     2,351    2,632    2,908     1,592

% Diff (normal     -17.4     -16.5    -17.7    -16.5     -18.2
to 2012)

% Diff (2011 to    -20.7     -21.0    -21.7    -18.3     -29.3
2012)

Month/Year/Type    East     West   Mountain  Pacific(b)      U.S.
of Data           South    South                          Average(b)
                 Central  Central
                 AL, KY,  AR, LA,  AZ, CO,   CA, OR, WA
                 MS, TN   OK, TX   ID, MT,
                                   NV, NM,
                                   UT, WY
November

Normal               455      305       739         366         589

2010                 413      270       746         399         569
2011                 382      263       718         402         512
% Diff (normal     -16.0    -13.8      -2.8         9.8       -13.1
to 2011)
% Diff (2010 to     -7.5     -2.6      -3.8         0.8       -10.0
2011)

December

Normal               722      537       999         531         884

2010                 920      524       863         477         955

2011                 610      511     1,030         553         775

% Diff (normal     -15.5     -4.8       3.1         4.1       -12.3
to 2011)

% Diff (2010 to    -33.7     -2.5      19.4        15.9       -18.9
2011)

January

Normal               829      612     1,026         532         991

2011                 902      637     1,011         477       1,029

2012                 618      425       875         447         813

% Diff (normal     -25.5    -30.6     -14.7       -16.0       -18.0
to 2012)

% Diff (2011 to    -31.5    -33.3     -13.5        -6.3       -21.0
2012)

November to
January

Normal             2,006    1,454     2,764       1,429       2,464

2011               2,235    1,431     2,620       1,353       2,553

2012               1,610    1,199     2,623       1,402       2,100

% Diff (normal     -19.7    -17.5      -5.1        -1.9       -14.8
to 2012)

% Diff (2011 to    -28.0    -16.2       0.1         3.6       -17.7
2012)

(a.) Normal is based on calculations of data from 1971 through 2000.
(b.) Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Note: See Appendix A, Explanatory Note 10, for discussion of Heating
Degree-Days computations.
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.