Freezing days
The number of days in the year when the low temperature fell to 32°F or below, the point where water freezes. The low is the average over the county of NOAA's daily map of weather station readings, made of squares about 3 miles wide. A state's figure is the average of its counties, each weighted by its land area. Lower 48 states only, from 1951.
Reported for3,108areas, in 49 states — none in AK, HI, PR
Link to density0.36not mostly about how urban a place is
Nearby places alike0.97Moran’s I: strongly, neighbouring places tend to be similar
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How it has moved
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Every state, every year
One row per state and one column per year, sorted by the latest value. It shows states, not counties: nobody can scan 3,222 rows, and the pattern only shows when it all fits on one screen.
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Where it comes from
NOAA NCEI nClimGrid-Daily · NOAA NCEI nClimGrid-Daily v1.0.0 county averages (prcp/tmax/tmin, scaled), freeze_days; states, counties averaged by land area
Days whose low fell to 32°F or below. Counted on the county's average, so combined areas are weighted by their size.
Combining areas: an average weighted by NCLIMGRID.LAND_SQKM.
What it goes with
The strongest links that have a page of their own. Unadjusted is the link before adjusting for anything, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step). Adjusted compares places with the same population density, income and education levels, so those differences can’t explain the link. This list leaves out the 1 pairs built from the same numbers or the same model as this measure, since they are bound to match.
| Measure | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Freezing days and Heating degree daysWhere Freezing days is higher, Heating degree days tends to be higher: a strong link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Heating degree days by US county | +0.96 | +0.95 |
| Freezing days and Average temperatureWhere Freezing days is higher, Average temperature tends to be lower: a strong link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Average temperature by US county | -0.94 | -0.94 |
| Freezing days and Cooling degree daysWhere Freezing days is higher, Cooling degree days tends to be lower: a strong link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Cooling degree days by US county | -0.78 | -0.81 |
| Freezing days and Summer daily highWhere Freezing days is higher, Summer daily high tends to be lower: a strong link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Summer daily high by US county | -0.70 | -0.76 |
| Freezing days and Days of 90°F or hotterWhere Freezing days is higher, Days of 90°F or hotter tends to be lower: a strong link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Days of 90°F or hotter by US county | -0.65 | -0.74 |
| Freezing days and Winter daily sunlightWhere Freezing days is higher, Winter daily sunlight tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Winter daily sunlight by US county | -0.51 | -0.65 |
| Freezing days and Daily sunlightWhere Freezing days is higher, Daily sunlight tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Daily sunlight by US county | -0.42 | -0.61 |
| Freezing days and High cholesterolWhere Freezing days is higher, High cholesterol tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. High cholesterol by US county | -0.70 | -0.57 |
| Freezing days and LonelinessWhere Freezing days is higher, Loneliness tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Loneliness by US county | -0.68 | -0.56 |
| Freezing days and Cloud coverWhere Freezing days is higher, Cloud cover tends to be higher: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Cloud cover by US county | +0.37 | +0.55 |
63 more pairs with freezing days have a page: High blood pressure · Housing insecurity · Returns claiming the earned income credit · Food insecurity · Mobility disability · Fair or poor self-rated health · Diagnosed diabetes · Lacking social and emotional support · Clear days · Threat of utility shut-off · Lack of reliable transportation · Adults under 65 without health insurance · Sleeping less than 7 hours · Share Black, not Hispanic · Economic connectedness · Black-white residential segregation · Child poverty rate, ages 0-17 · Adult income rank of children raised poor here · Cancer other than skin cancer · Returns claiming charitable contributions · Dental visit in the past year · Self-care disability · Share White, not Hispanic · Vision disability · Share separated · Binge drinking · Material security score · Evangelical Protestant adherents · Any disability · Motor vehicle crash deaths · Medicare spending per enrollee · Disability-free score · Social connection score · Mobility score · Stroke · No leisure-time physical activity · Yearly precipitation · Independent-living disability · Children in single-parent households · Social vulnerability to disasters · Environment score · Poverty rate (model-based) · Taking blood pressure medication · Expected yearly hurricane loss · Black Protestant adherents · Natural amenities scale · Prison population rate · Community resilience to disasters · People per tax return · Received food stamps · Cognitive disability · Median gross rent · Mean travel time to work · Returns reporting unemployment compensation · Health score · Premature mortality · Average test score · Cholesterol screening · Arrivals per 100 people staying · Firearm share of suicides, standardised · Current asthma · Frequent physical distress · Median household income (model-based).
Population makeup
How this measure varies with the racial and ethnic makeup of counties. Every group is shown, whatever its rank. These are links across counties: they describe places, not people. They say nothing about any person’s risk or behaviour based on their race. Counties with a larger share of one group also differ in much else, such as income, segregation, region and history. The adjusted figure only accounts for density, income and education.
| Share of residents | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Freezing days and Share White, not HispanicWhere Freezing days is higher, Share White, not Hispanic tends to be higher: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share White, not Hispanic by US county | +0.46 | +0.42 |
| Freezing days and Share Black, not HispanicWhere Freezing days is higher, Share Black, not Hispanic tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share Black, not Hispanic by US county | -0.52 | -0.45 |
| Freezing days and Share Hispanic or Latino, any raceWhere Freezing days is higher, Share Hispanic or Latino, any race tends to be lower: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share Hispanic or Latino, any race by US county | -0.19 | -0.26 |
| Freezing days and Share Asian, not HispanicWhere Freezing days is higher, Share Asian, not Hispanic tends to be lower: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share Asian, not Hispanic by US county | -0.17 | -0.12 |
| Freezing days and Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not HispanicWhere Freezing days is higher, Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic by US county | +0.23 | +0.16 |
Highest and lowest
Of 3,108 counties reporting it. These are the two ends of a national ranking. For most measures, that ranking mostly sorts places by income and how urban they are. That is why the place pages compare each place with similar places instead.
Highest
- Lake County, CO — 251
- San Juan County, CO — 233
- Sublette County, WY — 231
- Summit County, CO — 230
- Teton County, WY — 227
Lowest
The middle area reports 83. The middle half of counties falls between 40.8 and 141 (the 25th to 75th percentile).
US Counties With the Highest Freezing Days · US Counties With the Lowest Freezing Days
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