CropWatch
Soil Temperature Update

This data is provided by Al Dutcher, Nebraska state climatologist, in the UNL School of Natural Resource Sciences. Check the High Plains Climate Center's Web site for local, regional, and national climate data resources you can use when planning for your agricultural operation.

Numerical soil temperature data is available below.


Seven day average soil temperature at 4-inch depth, October 30-November 6.

Average soil temperature departure at 4-inch depth, October 30-November 6.

Soil Temperature Summary
(at 4 inches)
October 30-November 6
Avg.Depart
from norm		HiLo
Ainsworth
41.5
-1.4
44
35
Alliance
35.9
-3.0
41
34
Arapahoe
40.8
-1.9
43
35
Arthur
40.0
-0.2
42
35
Beatrice
46.0
0.1
49
42
Cedar Point
43.4
2.0
46
36
Central City
45.8
0.0
48
43
Champion
39.9
-0.7
43
34
Clay Center
44.8
0.8
48
43
Concord
43.5
1.6
47
40
Curtis
40.9
-4.0
44
37
Dickens
38.7
-1.5
43
34
Elgin
44.7
2.5
48
43
Gordon
40.0
0.8
42
36
Grand Island
43.9
-1.3
47
42
Gudmundsen
RSRCH
40.0
0.1
7
Halsey
41.7
0.9
44
37
Havelock
46.3
-0.5
50
42
Holdrege
44.4
-0.3
46
42
Kearney
43.6
-1.6
46
41
Lexington
41.7
-1.7
44
39
McCook
43.8
-1.2
46
40
Mead
46.5
1.3
50
43
Minden
43.6
-1.3
46
42
Mitchell Farms
40.8
1.7
43
36
Monroe
44.6
-0.3
49
40
O'Neill
42.9
0.2
47
37
Ord
42.9
-0.3
46
39
Red Cloud
45.9
-1.3
49
43
Scottsbluff
40.5
1.3
42
36
Shelton
44.2
-1.7
47
42
Sidney
40.2
1.0
43
36
Smithfield
43.0
-1.1
44
41
West Point
44.7
1.9
49
41
York
44.3
-1.1
47
41

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