Heating and Cooling Degree Days for Grand Island, Nebraska

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

Heating Degree Days and Degree Day Normals for
Grand Island, 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 1302 1221 1052 524 127 31 NA
1975/1976 0 0 178 296 870 1166 1251 791 808 354 198 11 5923
1976/1977 0 0 95 551 944 1139 1461 861 729 280 15 0 6075
1977/1978 0 1 47 380 768 1185 1632 1395 914 409 205 256961
1978/1979 0 3 64 400 886 1438 1777 1431 866 492 258 387653
1979/1980 9 10 49 366 915 978 1340 1191 946 420 176 116411
1980/1981 0 2 71 420 694 1084 1113 934 716 221 255 75517
1981/1982 9 0 80 439 713 1245 1612 1148 925 537 148 616917
1982/1983 0 12 139 385 896 1120 1216 933 832 635 269 376474
1983/1984 0 0 89 349 793 1751 1276 875 974 521 177 36808
1984/1985 0 0 184 405 764 1185 1372 1147 664 319 76 396155
1985/1986 0 13 217 399 1120 1334 962 1035 587 392 108 06167
1986/1987 0 17 49 403 882 1052 1071 793 789 356 68 7 5517
1987/1988 0 32 82 527 708 1103 1441 1109 761 435 87 2 6287
1988/1989 7 8 78 474 770 997 994 1339 864 393 152 22 6098
1989/1990 0 14 152 345 786 1368 956 947 717 456 221 17 5979
1990/1991 7 0 76 360 655 1303 1358 742 708 370 129 1 5709
1991/1992 0 0 110 442 994 977 947 778 686 433 170 23 5560
1992/1993 10 25 92 381 959 1223 1468 1271 928 550 177 45 7129
1993/1994 0 9 170 460 911 1028 1358 1280 728 493 126 9 6572
1994/1995 1 9 93 335 745 1130 1237 855 788 581 325 40 6139
1985/1996 5 4 162 418 834 1152 1427 999 1027 472 247 17 6764
1996/1997 3 1 152 394 1004 1283 1325 972 722 616 261 3 6736
1997/1998 5 15 66 411 860 1072 1189 807 1015 473 89 71 6073
1998/1999 0 0 27 318 675 1065 1230 769 793 476 161 41 5555
1999/2000 2 1 133 366 569 1000 1137 849 692 440 93 32 5314
2000/2001 0 2 99 309 1072 1479 1191 1236 901 354 140 39 6822
2001/2002 0 0 87 377 540 958 1061 936 1016 417 243 1 5636
2002/2003 0 3 89 589 770 986 1222 1089 729 410 208 39 6134
2003/2004 0 3 139 293 821 1030 1328 1182 631 375 127 39 5968
2004/2005 12 23 29 363 742 1045 1340 881 739 391 177 4 5746
2005/2006 4 1 39 349 685 1186 816 958 835 282 137 0 5301
2006/2007 0 2 127 506 784 999 1287 1166 545 480 74 11 5985
2007/2008 0 0 75 292 704 1292 1359 1076 793 533 202 1 6327
Normal 3 7 114 401 835 1192 1310 1031 819 452 175 23 6362


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

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
1975 0 0 0 2 49 158 373 384 66 28 0 0 1060
1976 0 0 0 9 29 196 387 344 111 12 0 0 1088
1977 0 0 0 24 85 268 437 214 77 0 0 0 1105
1978 0 0 0 5 47 293 355 283 169 2 0 0 1154
1979 0 0 0 0 36 211 294 303 132 2 0 0 978
1980 0 0 0 20 56 261 493 377 133 9 0 0 1349
1981 0 0 0 25 15 259 356 219 74 0 0 0 948
1982 0 0 0 1 24 90 364 248 92 2 0 0 821
1983 0 0 0 0 23 183 460 546 194 8 0 0 1414
1984 0 0 0 2 42 264 374 386 105 4 0 0 1177
1985 0 0 0 33 81 158 335 195 134 0 0 0 936
1986 0 0 10 1 30 306 407 193 95 1 0 0 1043
1987 0 0 0 30 99 273 442 233 76 4 1 0 1158
1988 0 0 0 2 111 366 332 351 111 0 0 0 1273
1989 0 0 2 67 63 147 371 291 94 9 0 0 1044
1990 0 0 0 26 16 260 295 302 203 19 0 0 1121
1991 0 0 0 22 108 312 351 306 160 11 0 0 1270
1992 0 0 0 13 55 103 172 156 87 13 0 0 599
1993 0 0 0 0 21 146 269 273 27 23 0 0 759
1994 0 0 0 20 110 274 209 234 159 1 0 0 1007
1995 0 0 0 0 0 181 379 408 81 14 0 0 1063
1996 0 0 0 4 44 238 251 207 86 18 0 0 848
1997 0 0 0 0 15 223 374 248 111 55 0 0 1026
1998 0 0 0 4 96 180 383 340 232 8 0 0 1243
1999 0 0 0 0 24 140 437 247 72 1 0 0 921
2000 0 0 0 0 73 197 352 406 178 10 0 0 1216
2001 0 0 0 22 82 245 442 345 86 10 0 0 1232
2002 0 0 0 24 59 373 482 315 142 4 0 0 1399
2003 0 0 0 24 21 145 409 372 67 17 0 0 1055
2004 0 0 2 17 88 136 240 200 169 6 0 0 858
2005 0 0 0 2 66 240 393 282 185 46 0 0 1214
2006 0 0 0 21 130 302 457 304 46 35 0 0 1295
2007 0 0 0 22 75 211 391 401 128 26 0 0 1254
2008 0 0 0 0 41 194 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Normal 0 0 1 11 48 218 349 285 107 8 0 0 1027

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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