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, November 15-November 21.

Average soil temperature departure at 4-inch depth, November 15-November 21.

Soil Temperature Summary
(at 4 inches)
November 15-November 21
Avg.Depart
from norm		HiLo
Ainsworth
36.8
-0.3
40
35
Alliance
34.6
-0.2
36
34
Arapahoe
36.5
-1.1
40
35
Arthur
35.7
0.5
40
34
Beatrice
42.1
1.4
50
38
Cedar Point
38.2
1.8
43
36
Central City
42.3
1.8
47
39
Champion
36.9
0.1
41
35
Clay Center
41.1
1.4
47
38
Concord
41.4
4.7
45
39
Curtis
38.8
0.2
44
36
Dickens
38.8
3.8
42
37
Elgin
40.9
3.8
45
38
Gordon
35.9
1.3
38
35
Grand Island
40.0
-0.2
46
37
Gudmundsen
RSRCH
36.3
0.9
1
Halsey
39.7
2.5
44
38
Havelock
44.0
2.1
50
41
Holdrege
40.6
0.7
46
37
Kearney
40.2
0.1
46
37
Lexington
40.4
2.5
45
38
McCook
41.3
1.1
45
39
Mead
44.7
4.9
49
42
Minden
40.8
0.9
46
38
Mitchell Farms
35.1
0.8
36
33
Monroe
41.1
1.3
46
38
O'Neill
39.5
0.9
44
38
Ord
39.3
2.2
44
36
Red Cloud
42.1
-0.2
49
39
Scottsbluff
36.3
2.3
38
35
Shelton
40.6
-0.1
47
38
Sidney
35.7
0.7
37
35
Smithfield
41.7
2.8
46
39
West Point
42.2
4.1
47
39
York
40.8
0.4
46
37

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