December finished with average cold (872 HDD's vs 859 Average), and the outlook for the first half of January is for average weather as well, despite a 6 day period of intense cold beginning on Jan 4.
The NOAA Climate Prediction Center shows the cold in its 7 day forecast, after a mild 3 day period, which would take Gas Weighted HDD's to 252 through January 8th, against a 240 HDD historical average.
The Energy Metro Desk forecast based on the GFS shows a 15 day outlook with a 6 day cold period starting January 4th, then mostly below average heating demand in the latter portion (more volatile) of the forecast. These last 5 days have been flipping hot/cold/hot in the last few model runs:
