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, June 28-July 3.

Average soil temperature departure at 4-inch depth, June 28-July 3.

Soil Temperature Summary
(at 4 inches)
June 28-July 3
Avg.Depart
from norm		HiLo
Ainsworth
79.4
0.6
82
77
Alliance
75.7
0.5
77
74
Arapahoe
76.2
0.0
78
75
Arthur
77.0
1.8
80
74
Beatrice
81.0
4.7
86
78
Cedar Point
77.9
2.4
81
75
Central City
79.2
3.4
80
78
Champion
79.0
-1.1
81
78
Clay Center
81.0
6.5
83
80
Concord
74.6
1.7
75
73
Curtis
79.0
2.0
81
76
Dickens
78.4
6.1
81
75
Elgin
74.3
1.6
75
73
Gordon
77.3
3.7
78
76
Grand Island
82.6
6.1
84
81
Gudmundsen
RSRCH
69.8
6.8
5
Halsey
80.5
3.2
83
78
Havelock
82.5
5.6
84
81
Holdrege
79.5
3.6
80
78
Kearney
80.7
3.9
82
79
Lexington
77.9
-0.4
80
75
McCook
77.7
-0.4
79
76
Mead
79.9
3.5
81
79
Minden
79.8
3.0
81
79
Mitchell Farms
76.9
2.6
79
74
Monroe
80.3
5.2
82
78
O'Neill
79.5
7.7
81
77
Ord
77.3
-1.6
78
76
Red Cloud
80.4
0.8
82
78
Scottsbluff
77.9
3.5
80
75
Shelton
82.0
4.4
83
81
Sidney
74.6
2.0
75
73
Smithfield
78.4
1.2
81
76
West Point
77.8
5.4
78
77
York
81.1
5.2
83
80

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