Heating and Cooling Degree Days for McCook, Nebraska

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

Heating Degree Days and Degree Day Normals for
McCook, 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 1060 1121 950 484 165 39 NA
1975/1976 0 4 139 341 898 1089 1197 736 773 358 231 14 5780
1976/1977 0 2 85 495 857 983 1348 764 720 312 41 0 5607
1977/1978 0 4 16 320 705 1066 1442 1249 779 397 223 296230
1978/1979 0 7 50 373 880 1289 1614 1175 794 449 277 506958
1979/1980 7 20 48 294 929 895 1236 1105 947 502 190 156188
1980/1981 0 2 44 390 699 944 1029 927 731 273 290 145343
1981/1982 3 4 71 425 697 1054 1353 1033 775 452 124 616052
1982/1983 0 14 120 426 907 1086 1156 838 830 662 337 706446
1983/1984 0 0 101 371 750 1708 1292 865 932 636 201 206876
1984/1985 0 0 185 489 781 1161 1320 1132 706 362 128 656329
1985/1986 0 14 220 474 1084 1295 901 936 595 388 196 46107
1986/1987 0 3 50 417 744 1043 1064 780 831 420 96 5 5453
1987/1988 10 33 105 489 716 1060 1402 1003 764 488 136 3 6209
1988/1989 0 9 88 429 705 947 991 1182 843 366 166 48 5774
1989/1990 0 4 171 365 729 1282 994 934 718 434 253 6 5890
1990/1991 9 0 70 387 667 1264 1236 710 719 406 146 1 5615
1991/1992 5 2 97 403 925 944 1086 754 640 400 158 43 5457
1992/1993 8 40 78 360 931 1258 1378 1209 825 530 175 55 6847
1993/1994 0 9 195 412 912 980 1180 1171 657 446 114 3 6079
1994/1995 3 0 70 325 749 992 1128 754 844 570 339 46 5820
1995/1996 15 5 147 432 733 1047 1275 911 976 436 250 13 6240
1996/1997 0 0 159 390 928 1155 1201 943 704 575 223 5 6283
1997/1998 NA 13 66 420 809 1045 1068 767 916 469 110 66 NA
1998/1999 0 0 30 354 657 NA 1038 701 769 476 165 32 NA
1999/2000 1 4 137 361 564 915 1020 823 683 389 115 27 5039
2000/2001 0 0 108 307 1044 1238 1049 1067 838 348 144 45 6188
2001/2002 0 0 90 377 594 912 1008 888 956 372 228 3 5428
2002/2003 0 2 69 559 740 942 1040 1026 718 372 201 32 5701
2003/2004 0 1 96 269 803 998 1158 1038 575 411 111 47 5507
2004/2005 7 16 59 328 726 982 1176 848 720 435 216 25 5538
2005/2006 3 0 50 375 669 1165 781 945 774 309 156 2 5229
2006/2007 0 4 158 476 756 1036 1412 1136 511 535 80 15 6119
2007/2008 0 0 80 316 697 1286 1238 987 778 545 217 6 6150
Normal 1 9 92 376 810 1115 1199 930 775 442 188 30 5967


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

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
1975 0 0 0 5 21 128 396 317 93 22 0 0 982
1976 0 0 0 1 34 194 415 371 125 17 0 0 1157
1977 0 0 0 22 51 280 433 249 121 3 0 0 1159
1978 0 0 2 8 35 259 427 292 180 12 0 0 1215
1979 0 0 0 1 35 168 307 254 167 14 0 0 946
1980 0 0 0 10 27 236 478 366 119 3 0 0 1239
1981 0 0 0 16 16 229 350 224 89 7 0 0 931
1982 0 0 0 11 18 88 353 297 87 1 0 0 855
1983 0 0 0 0 13 123 433 489 170 9 0 0 1237
1984 0 0 0 0 34 183 326 351 86 3 0 0 983
1985 0 0 0 19 54 124 338 210 142 0 0 0 887
1986 0 0 0 0 23 241 360 233 89 0 0 0 946
1987 0 0 0 20 62 245 384 260 65 3 0 0 1039
1988 0 0 0 0 78 392 364 366 102 2 0 0 1304
1989 0 0 0 34 58 126 356 259 106 8 0 0 947
1990 0 0 0 15 25 278 336 318 213 8 0 0 1193
1991 0 0 0 7 62 280 381 299 124 8 0 0 1161
1992 0 0 0 6 56 97 217 156 80 3 0 0 615
1993 0 0 0 0 24 153 246 257 32 13 0 0 725
1994 0 0 0 20 92 315 227 309 113 2 0 0 1078
1995 0 0 0 0 0 163 361 452 102 4 0 0 1082
1996 0 0 0 4 58 210 287 208 60 14 0 0 827
1997 0 0 0 0 16 199 NA 282 141 40  0 0 NA
1998 0 0 0 0 90 191 403 322 211 0 0 NA NA
1999 0 0 0 1 32 141 431 283 79 1 0 0 968
2000 0 0 0 0 79 205 405 447 177 15 0 0 1328
2001 0 0 0 17 77 246 493 369 116 13 0 0 1331
2002 0 0 0 19 45 380 499 364 153 0 0 0 1460
2003 0 0 0 14 27 154 479 400 73 30 0 0 1182
2004 0 0 0 0 96 147 307 198 166 3 0 0 917
2005 0 0 0 3 65 224 401 316 185 22 0 0 1216
2006 0 0 0 9 86 263 460 302 39 21 0 0 1180
2007 0 0 0 7 53 180 404 419 132 21 0 0 1216
2008 0 0 0 2 49 173 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Normal 0 0 0 4 47 214 362 308 101 1 0 0 1037

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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