Soil Temperature Update

Soil temperatures are taken at 4 inches below the soil surface under bare soil.

  • The two maps below represent the seven-day soil temperature average and seven-day departure from normal.
     
  • In the table:
    — the first three columns (after the station name) refer to the seven-day average soil temperature record;
    — the fourth and fifth columns show the high and low soil temperatures within that period and on what day they occurred; and
    — the final column indicates the average soil temperature for the previous day and is reported at approximately 6:30 a.m. (For example, the average soil temperature for Sunday is reported Monday morning.)
This report is provided by Al Dutcher, Nebraska state climatologist, in the UNL School of Natural Resourcs from data provided by the High Plains Regional Climate Center.  Visit the HPRCC website for local, regional, and national climate data resources you can use when planning for your agricultural operation.

Numerical soil temperature data is available below.


Top map:
Seven-day average soil temperatures for period ending yesterday. Second map: Departure from normal seven-day average soil temperatures.

Seven Day Soil Temperature Summary


StationAvg.Norm.Dep.Hi/dayLo/dayLast day
Ainsworth65.461.04.471/ 459/ 167.9
Alliance65.257.97.369/ 459/ 165.9
Arapahoe Prairie70.160.59.675/ 464/ 170.1
Arthur66.958.98.072/ 459/ 169.3
Beatrice66.561.25.373/ 759/ 273.2
Cedar Point69.360.39.074/ 463/ 171.3
Central City65.260.94.371/ 759/ 271.2
Champion66.660.56.171/ 560/ 168.3
Cozad66.061.64.470/ 461/ 167.6
Curtis66.362.43.971/ 560/ 167.3
Dickens68.361.76.673/ 463/ 169.8
Elgin64.659.65.169/ 459/ 168.0
Gordon64.757.37.469/ 459/ 164.7
Grand Island66.261.74.573/ 759/ 172.6
Gudmundsen63.857.36.567/ 459/ 164.8
Halsey66.860.46.472/ 461/ 168.2
Holdrege64.662.12.569/ 759/ 268.6
Kearney65.661.34.369/ 760/ 269.2
Havelock66.963.23.773/ 759/ 273.2
McCook63.462.80.767/ 559/ 165.3
Meadagro Farm66.861.55.374/ 758/ 174.0
Minden64.462.02.469/ 759/ 269.4
Mitchell Farms67.558.29.370/ 463/ 169.9
Monroe65.560.45.172/ 757/ 171.9
Concord62.558.73.869/ 555/ 165.4
O'Neill66.260.06.272/ 461/ 267.6
Ord63.961.42.568/ 459/ 165.9
Red Cloud67.064.32.772/ 760/ 272.2
Scottsbluff65.458.37.168/ 561/ 167.5
Shelton68.162.65.672/ 762/ 272.4
Sidney66.957.89.170/ 561/ 168.9
Clay Center64.861.23.671/ 758/ 171.1
Smithfield66.362.14.271/ 461/ 167.0
West Point63.759.44.469/ 757/ 269.1
York64.961.63.271/ 758/ 270.8