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, May 5-May 11.

Average soil temperature departure at 4-inch depth, May 5-May 11.

Soil Temperature Summary
(at 4 inches)
May 5-May 11
Avg.Depart
from norm		HiLo
Ainsworth
56.7
-0.4
60
51
Alliance
57.4
1.0
62
51
Arapahoe
58.4
2.2
63
53
Arthur
56.9
1.1
62
50
Beatrice
58.9
2.5
63
54
Cedar Point
59.3
3.8
64
53
Central City
58.0
2.7
62
54
Champion
58.0
-1.3
64
48
Clay Center
56.4
1.7
60
50
Concord
55.6
3.2
61
51
Curtis
58.8
1.0
63
54
Dickens
57.9
3.9
63
52
Elgin
56.4
3.4
61
53
Gordon
53.0
-1.6
56
47
Grand Island
59.2
3.1
64
54
Gudmundsens
56.1
3.1
61
50
Halsey
57.8
0.8
62
54
Havelock
60.9
3.6
66
56
Holdrege
58.7
1.6
63
53
Kearney
58.9
2.2
63
54
Lexington
58.0
2.7
62
53
McCook
57.5
-1.4
61
53
Mead
59.0
2.4
63
54
Minden
59.4
2.7
63
54
Mitchell Farms
57.4
1.0
62
52
Monroe
59.7
4.4
65
56
O'Neill
56.8
2.2
61
52
Ord
57.2
0.5
61
53
Red Cloud
60.9
0.8
65
57
Scottsbluff
57.9
1.2
62
54
Shelton
61.4
4.6
66
56
Sidney
55.3
-0.5
60
48
Smithfield
57.6
1.4
62
53
West Point
56.8
2.3
61
52
York
59.2
3.5
64
54

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