RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:am i on the wrong planetSo I went to accuweather for NY city and the Dec 15 to Dec 21 reporting period looks like it has 3 days colder than historical average temps, 2 days at average, one day slightly above average and one day with a 51 degree high.
I threw the numbers into a spreadsheet:
Forecast high averaged: 40.3 deg F
Historical high: 42.2 deg F
Forecast low averaged: 32.4 deg F
Historical low: 31.3 deg F
So basically, for the coming week as a whole, in spite of a couple of warm days, averages highs are below historical levels and average lows are slightly higher than historic. With the last two years well above historic averages, it is still going to be quite cold. The last week has been significantly colder in NY and pretty much across the continent and those temps are what next week's draw will be based on. Should be a big draw reported next week and a smaller but bigger than last year draw for the following week. Temps are then forecast to warm slightly around Christmas and head cooler end of the month. This is not the case everywhere, however, on average it looks like consumption for heating should be pretty solid throughout Dec.