February 14, 2014

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The temperature rose into the 60s yesterday as expected.

This morning's meter reading is 14954. Yesterday's reading was between 14937 and 14938. Thus, my consumption was16½ kWh. That is more than 41% lower than the previous 24 hours, but it is still more than double my consumption of a year ago.

February 13, 2014

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Yesterday's temperature was warmer than it has been. After a couple of sub–40° days, the temperature was predicted to be in the upper 40s yesterday — by 4 p.m., the temperature was 50° — and the extended forecast calls for daytime highs in the 60s and 70s through the weekend and into the first couple of days of next week.

I don't what the low was expected to be last night. I just know it was 34° when I got up this morning.

This morning's meter reading is between 14937 and 14938. Yesterday's reading was between 14909 and 14910. That means consumption in the last 24 hours has been 28 kWh — nearly half of my consumption in the previous 24 hours.

And it wasn't as much of an increase over my consumption a year ago as it has been — but it was still an increase, more than four times what my consumption was on this date a year ago.

February 12, 2014

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Yesterday was another gloomy, cold day. The temperature hovered around freezing most of the day, and it was cold last night.

The gradual warming trend is supposed to begin today. It can't start soon enough for me.

This morning's meter reading is between 14909 and 14910. Yesterday's reading was between 14854 and 14855. In the last 24 hours, my consumption was 55 kWh. That is an increase of nearly 9% compared to the previous 24 hours, and it is 10 times my consumption on this date in 2013.

February 11, 2014

Yesterday was the first of two days in which highs of maybe 33° or 34° were predicted. Lows weren't expected to be much lower, but freezing rain was predicted for last night.

Well, yesterday's high was right around freezing, maybe a degree above or a degree below. I don't know what last night's low was. The temperature was 29° when I got up.

More of the same is in the forecast for today, than talk is of a high in the 40s tomorrow, 50s on Thursday, 60s on Friday and 70s this weekend.

This morning's meter reading is between 14854 and 14855. Yesterday's reading was 14804 so my consumption was 50½ kWh. That's nearly 49% higher than the previous 24 hours, and it is more than six times my consumption a year ago today.

February 10, 2014

The forecast called for a high in the 50s yesterday, but I don't think it made it.

The sky was overcast all day, and there was a chill in the air that told me the temperature stayed in the 40s all day.

Last night's low was supposed to be close to freezing. When I got up, the temperature was 35°.

This morning's meter reading is 14804. Yesterday's reading was 14770. Thus, my consumption was 34 kWh in the last 24 hours. That is nearly double my consumption in the previous 24 hours, and it is nearly four times my consumption on this date last year.

February 9, 2014

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After a cold start to the day, the temperature finally warmed into the low 50s yesterday afternoon, and it wasn't quite as cold last night as it has been.

When I got up this morning, the temperature was 40°.

This morning's meter reading is 14770. Yesterday's reading was between 14752 and 14753 so my consumption was only 17½ kWh. My consumption went down nearly 62% in the last 24 hours, but it was nearly 2½ times my consumption on this date last year.

February 8, 2014

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Yesterday was another very cold day. The forecast called for a high just above freezing, which is warmer than it has been. I was indoors nearly all day so I don't know if it ever got past freezing, but I do know that most of the snow that was on the ground when I arrived on campus this morning was gone when I left around 5:15.

A bank clock that I passed on the way home said it was 31°.

It was only supposed to drop a few degrees last night, then the highs today and tomorrow are expected to be in the 50s. I expect my electricity consumption to drop dramatically this weekend. but it will probably go up again on Monday and Tuesday, which is when the next cold front is expected.

This morning's meter reading is between 14752 and 14753. Yesterday's reading was between 14706 and 14707 so my consumption in the last 24 hours has been 46 kWh. That's a drop of more than 34% compared to the previous 24 hours, but it is still more than seven times my consumption on this date last year (when it was much warmer).