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, February 3-February 9.

Average soil temperature departure at 4-inch depth, February 3-February 9.

Soil Temperature Summary
(at 4 inches)
February 3-February 9
Avg.Depart
from norm		HiLo
Ainsworth
29.9
0.3
31
26
Alliance
30.3
1.6
31
29
Arapahoe
30.9
0.2
32
28
Arthur
29.9
0.7
31
26
Beatrice
30.6
1.3
31
29
Cedar Point
30.8
0.9
31
29
Central City
31.0
0.5
32
30
Champion
31.1
-0.1
31
31
Clay Center
31.1
-1.0
32
30
Concord
30.3
4.4
32
28
Curtis
30.8
1.1
31
29
Dickens
30.7
2.9
31
29
Elgin
32.4
2.7
33
31
Gordon
29.0
-1.0
31
26
Grand Island
30.7
-0.2
31
29
Gudmundsen
RSRCH
32.0
-1.6
6
Halsey
29.8
-0.1
31
25
Havelock
32.1
0.6
32
32
Holdrege
31.3
0.0
32
30
Kearney
30.9
0.2
32
29
Lexington
30.9
1.5
31
29
McCook
31.6
0.1
32
31
Mead
30.6
1.2
32
28
Minden
31.1
0.4
31
30
Mitchell Farms
29.9
1.5
31
29
Monroe
30.6
0.4
32
28
O'Neill
30.5
-2.9
32
27
Ord
29.9
0.2
31
28
Red Cloud
31.2
0.9
31
31
Scottsbluff
30.2
1.9
31
29
Shelton
31.0
0.4
31
29
Sidney
30.6
0.5
31
29
Smithfield
31.0
0.8
32
30
West Point
32.4
3.6
33
32
York
31.8
0.9
32
31

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