Soil Temperature Update

Soil temperatures are taken at 4 inches below the soil surface under bare soil. The locations listed in this table are more specific than the table used prior to March 1, 2017. We have included the former location names (AKA=also known as) for your convenience in locating previous sites.

This report is provided daily by the Nebraska State Climate Office. Visit the NSCO and Nebraska Mesonet websites for more detailed local and state climate data.

One-day average soil temperatures
Seven-day average soil temperatures

Left: One-day average soil temperatures. Right: Seven-day average soil temperatures. 

Bare Soil Temperature at 4 inches
Wed, 2024-03-27
Place 7-day Avg 7-day High 7-day Low Midnight Diff between
Bare & Grass
Alda 5NW 42.2°F 52.1°F 35.0°F 37.4°F -0.2°F
Alliance 6NW
(AKA Alliance North)
40.5°F 56.0°F 32.1°F 38.0°F -0.6°F
Arthur 8S 40.4°F 61.8°F 28.7°F 37.6°F -1.6°F
Axtell 5NE
(AKA Minden)
42.1°F 54.3°F 34.6°F 35.9°F -
Big Springs 6SE 42.0°F 53.1°F 35.4°F 40.7°F -0.5°F
Big Springs 8NE
(AKA Brule North Table)
40.8°F 55.8°F 33.4°F 38.2°F -
Broadwater 7N 40.5°F 59.3°F 28.5°F 37.4°F -3.2°F
Bushnell 12SE 41.7°F 52.5°F 33.6°F 38.7°F -1.5°F
Central City 3W
(AKA Central City Airport)
40.2°F 50.8°F 33.2°F 35.3°F -4.5°F
Concord 2E
(AKA Concord)
38.4°F 44.0°F 34.8°F 35.0°F -
Cook 4SW 43.3°F 54.3°F 34.5°F 37.7°F -0.6°F
Decatur 7S 38.7°F 48.4°F 34.3°F 34.7°F -1.4°F
Dickens 1NE 41.4°F 60.4°F 34.1°F 34.5°F -1.6°F
Eagle 3NW
(AKA Rogers Farm Tower)
41.4°F 55.8°F 33.6°F 36.1°F -
Elgin 6W
(AKA Elgin 6W Beta)
- - - - -
Ellsworth 16NE 38.6°F 58.0°F 29.7°F 35.4°F -0.4°F
Emmet 2E
(AKA O'Neill)
37.9°F 52.8°F 33.8°F 34.0°F -
Enders 10SW 45.1°F 61.3°F 32.7°F 43.3°F -1.7°F
Firth 3N
(AKA Firth)
42.5°F 53.0°F 35.2°F 37.5°F -
Fordyce 4N
(AKA Chalkrock)
33.7°F 47.7°F 30.3°F 30.4°F -
Fordyce 4NW 36.2°F 50.4°F 31.4°F 31.9°F -1.7°F
Gothenburg 2NW
(AKA Gothenburg)
42.9°F 54.3°F 36.5°F 36.5°F -
Guide Rock 3E
(AKA Red Cloud)
41.1°F 54.8°F 34.4°F 37.7°F -
Harrisburg 1N 44.6°F 56.4°F 34.3°F 41.6°F -0.8°F
Harvard 4SW
(AKA Clay Center)
40.4°F 50.0°F 34.6°F 36.7°F -
Hayes Center 3N 42.8°F 58.9°F 34.0°F 38.8°F -3.4°F
Holdrege 5N
(AKA Holdrege 4N)
43.0°F 51.3°F 36.7°F 38.8°F -
Indianola 8SW 45.1°F 57.6°F 35.0°F 35.0°F -2.7°F
Kearney 3E
(AKA Kearney)
40.3°F 55.1°F 33.5°F 33.9°F -
Keystone 4W 40.8°F 54.8°F 33.0°F 39.6°F -0.2°F
Leigh 1W 38.4°F 47.6°F 32.3°F 33.2°F -0.9°F
Lexington 4S
(AKA Lexington 3S)
41.3°F 49.7°F 36.4°F 37.5°F -8.0°F
Lincoln 1500 N 45th
(AKA Lincoln IANR)
41.6°F 56.5°F 32.9°F 36.5°F -12.6°F
Long Pine 20S
(AKA Barta)
41.9°F 57.3°F 33.1°F 36.4°F -
Lynch 2W 37.8°F 49.8°F 34.3°F 34.3°F -0.6°F
Memphis 4N 40.8°F 53.6°F 32.9°F 35.1°F -2.3°F
Memphis 5N
(AKA Mead Agronomy Farm)
41.0°F 48.9°F 35.3°F 36.6°F 0.5°F
Merna 2SW
(AKA Merna)
38.7°F 45.1°F 35.3°F 35.4°F -
Merriman 21S 39.4°F 56.5°F 32.2°F 35.6°F 0.3°F
Naper 12SW
(AKA Higgins Ranch)
- - - - 0.3°F
Naper 2W 37.8°F 47.7°F 35.1°F 35.0°F -1.1°F
Nebraska City 3W 43.3°F 50.4°F 36.6°F 38.7°F 2.7°F
North Platte 3SW
(AKA North Platte 3SW Beta)
41.0°F 50.4°F 35.1°F 36.2°F -1.3°F
Oakland 4W
(AKA Oakland)
38.6°F 47.4°F 33.1°F 35.1°F -
Orchard 10N 38.3°F 49.2°F 35.0°F 35.0°F -0.1°F
Ord 2N
(AKA Ord)
35.3°F 49.0°F 30.1°F 30.4°F -
Oshkosh 6N 41.5°F 60.4°F 31.3°F 41.0°F -1.4°F
Overton 6SE 40.3°F 50.5°F 34.3°F 36.0°F -2.3°F
Pierce 2SW 37.4°F 48.3°F 33.1°F 35.1°F -1.3°F
Plattsmouth 2SE 43.2°F 56.8°F 34.8°F 36.5°F -0.8°F
Rulo 5SW 44.9°F 52.6°F 38.2°F 41.4°F 1.8°F
Scottsbluff 2NW
(AKA Scottsbluff)
42.4°F 52.5°F 33.8°F 40.5°F -
Scottsbluff 6NW
(AKA Mitchell Farms)
43.4°F 53.5°F 34.7°F 41.7°F -
Shelton 2SW
(AKA Shelton)
41.4°F 53.6°F 34.0°F 35.7°F -
Sidney 2NW
(AKA Sidney)
41.4°F 51.8°F 34.3°F 39.4°F -
Smithfield 2E
(AKA Smithfield)
39.8°F 48.4°F 34.2°F 34.4°F -
Valparaiso 6NW 40.9°F 49.6°F 34.7°F 36.4°F -0.3°F
Walton 5NW
(AKA Havelock)
42.0°F 47.1°F 37.0°F 39.6°F -
Whitman 5NE
(AKA Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory)
40.8°F 56.8°F 33.3°F 38.5°F 1.1°F
Wilber 1W 42.6°F 54.4°F 34.3°F 37.4°F 1.3°F
Winslow 6E 39.3°F 46.1°F 34.5°F 35.7°F -1.1°F
Wood River 5SE
(AKA Binfield)
41.5°F 51.7°F 35.3°F 36.7°F -
York 2W
(AKA York)
39.5°F 46.5°F 34.1°F 35.5°F -