Heating and Cooling Degree Days for Chadron, Nebraska

Degree days for eleven other cities in Nebraska and for the state are also published.  The eleven cities are:  Grand Island, Holdrege, Lincoln, McCook, Norfolk, North Platte, Omaha, O'Neill, Pawnee City, Scottsbluff, and Valentine.

Heating Degree Days and Degree Day Normals for
Chadron, Nebraska
1974/1975 - 2007/2008

Season Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Total
1974/1975 NA NA NA NA NA NA 1221 1235 1047 678 308 82 NA
1975/1976 2 9 200 467 927 1037 1311 851 911 497 268 77 6557
1976/1977 0 2 122 604 989 1149 1502 817 884 426 147 10 6652
1977/1978 3 34 105 428 888 1258 1588 1344 863 534 280 62 7387
1978/1979 12 34 117 457 1033 1572 1760 1247 860 518 327 69 8006
1979/1980 1 11 75 411 998 959 1296 1051 984 495 254 33 6568
1980/1981 0 5 99 495 794 1014 1024 996 771 336 293 30 5857
1981/1982 16 2 82 475 706 1191 1528 1068 873 630 297 110 6978
1982/1983 1 0 145 518 892 1140 995 782 845 724 409 90 6541
1983/1984 2 0 164 421 902 1781 1268 910 892 629 253 57 7279
1984/1985 0 0 231 584 831 1284 1396 1164 853 410 116 91 6960
1985/1986 1 13 236 470 1377 1392 1101 1125 641 551 239 18 7164
1986/1987 0 1 171 473 938 1076 1078 879 992 408 153 35 6204
1987/1988 12 40 148 530 735 1122 1406 1105 893 539 215 10 6755
1988/1989 12 18 150 464 993 1087 1089 1340 957 550 259 108 7027
1989/1990 0 0 178 542 814 1389 972 1002 865 552 335 30 6679
1990/1991 2 3 110 505 791 1508 1437 798 800 563 221 8 6746
1991/1992 5 0 120 559 1063 1015 1083 837 771 560 232 49 6294
1992/1993 19 55 168 433 940 1399 1366 1295 871 549 223 121 7439
1993/1994 NA NA NA NA 1030 1028 1228 1171 704 540 143 17 NA
1994/1995 9 3 82 419 872 1009 1144 847 876 696 447 115 6519
1995/1996 5 5 191 514 828 1111 1367 959 1113 559 358 36 7046
1996/1997 1 0 195 485 1080 1298 1310 909 810 732 327 15 7162
1997/1998 9 19 116 433 864 1073 1093 791 1052 546 193 148 6337
1998/1999 1 0 58 477 716 1101 1113 703 718 634 273 69 5863
1999/2000 9 12 200 439 544 896 1058 898 747 591 226 87 5707
2000/2001 0 0 160 433 1117 1341 1063 1181 855 521 258 85 7014
2001/2002 6 0 89 453 647 1019 1084 915 1237 543 390 32 6415
2002/2003 0 14 177 677 832 963 1066 1100 889 472 279 107 6576
2003/2004 0 13 182 335 1007 1033 1171 1004 731 471 282 107 6336
2004/2005 12 52 125 457 855 1011 1275 898 845 563 368 76 6537
2005/2006 12 21 122 492 746 1276 941 1133 900 436 280 23 6382
2006/2007 0 28 282 603 890 1133 1327 1205 650 657 216 65 7056
2007/2008 0 17 159 454 811 1403 1424 1135 904 652 368 102 7429
Normal 8 13 170 501 938 1236 1310 1034 895 574 276 66 7021


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Cooling Degree Days and Degree Day Normals for
Chadron, Nebraska
1975-2008

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
1975 0 0 0 1 14 82 397 261 34 20 0 0 809
1976 0 0 0 0 5 112 341 266 98 7 0 0 829
1977 0 0 0 4 31 222 337 137 92 0 0 0 823
1978 0 0 0 0 31 150 268 233 165 0 0 0 847
1979 0 0 0 8 20 143 276 202 127 0 0 0 776
1980 0 0 0 11 20 170 390 220 86 3 0 0 900
1981 0 0 0 4 16 151 340 215 97 5 0 0 828
1982 0 0 0 0 7 42 299 348 89 0 0 0 785
1983 0 0 0 0 11 101 363 401 121 0 0 0 997
1984 0 0 0 0 39 118 302 342 62 2 0 0 865
1985 0 0 0 8 64 131 362 261 104 0 0 0 930
1986 0 0 0 0 16 176 284 228 14 0 0 0 718
1987 0 0 0 8 18 126 309 190 36 0 0 0 687
1988 0 0 0 4 62 320 195 204 27 0 0 0 812
1989 0 0 0 9 15 83 402 284 83 0 0 0 876
1990 0 0 0 2 0 175 285 262 133 4 0 0 861
1991 0 0 0 0 31 185 215 328 109 5 0 0 873
1992 0 0 0 0 33 91 113 142 27 9 0 0 415
1993 0 0 0 0 23 68 94 119 6 1 0 0 311
1994 0 0 0 4 66 182 256 334 111 0 0 0 953
1995 0 0 1 0 0 109 262 365 105 5 0 0 847
1996 0 0 0 2 30 158 249 234 43 0 0 0 716
1997 0 0 0 0 7 130 259 214 130 23 0 0 763
1998 0 0 0 2 23 59 323 288 191 2 0 0 888
1999 0 0 0 0 12 76 285 289 35 5 1 0 703
2000 0 0 0 0 20 102 351 358 151 0 0 0 982
2001 0 0 0 15 33 156 379 350 114 4 0 0 1051
2002 0 0 0 0 20 233 448 244 126 0 0 0 1070
2003 0 0 0 2 22 65 433 398 70 18 0 0 1008
2004 0 0 0 0 10 66 248 162 74 0 0 0 560
2005 0 0 0 0 13 121 299 180 93 1 0 0 707
2006 0 0 0 1 48 169 422 249 16 5 0 0 910
2007 0 0 0 0 43 185 427 341 112 5 0 0 1113
2008 0 0 0 0 4 53 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Normal 0 0 0 0 20 132 289 259 70 0 0 0 770

Sources:

United States Climate Normals 1971-2000.  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service; and National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC.

January 1975-June 2000.  Climatological Data, Nebraska.  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service; and National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC.

July 2000-Present.  "Degree Day Update."  High Plains Climate Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lincoln, NE.

Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

Notes:  NA = data is not available.  Numbers in red are new or have been revised.

This table was updated on July 11, 2008.  Typically, there is one month between updates.

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