Heating and Cooling Degree Days for North Platte, 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, McCook, Norfolk, Omaha, O'Neill, Pawnee City, Scottsbluff, and Valentine.

Heating Degree Days and Degree Day Normals for
North Platte, Nebraska
1974/1975 - 2009/2010

Season Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Total
1974/1975 NA NA NA NA NA NA 1216 1160 1032 558 247 62 NA
1975/1976 6 0 228 437 1035 1191 1460 929 956 521 363 70 7196
1976/1977 0 13 178 608 1028 1133 1493 920 858 395 81 2 6709
1977/1978 2 34 96 458 869 1236 1662 1400 924 491 275 717518
1978/1979 5 24 99 488 982 1560 1828 1335 862 491 259 567989
1979/1980 4 11 52 341 975 957 1233 1102 909 439 166 106199
1980/1981 0 6 107 491 780 1019 1089 1000 762 283 318 265881
1981/1982 9 4 101 492 749 1179 1479 1030 885 601 239 1116879
1982/1983 0 18 160 484 946 1138 1167 833 854 672 343 906705
1983/1984 2 0 128 419 840 1780 1379 915 953 647 236 337332
1984/1985 0 0 247 519 829 1312 1481 1168 752 393 156 836940
1985/1986 0 23 252 502 1205 1416 1029 1060 634 479 219 26821
1986/1987 0 14 98 446 878 1074 1093 810 868 420 105 15 5821
1987/1988 13 36 139 551 796 1152 1501 1109 839 490 170 3 6799
1988/1989 0 13 128 498 803 1067 1072 1316 902 430 211 67 6507
1989/1990 2 7 180 437 815 1374 1061 948 771 502 259 15 6371
1990/1991 15 1 84 457 797 1331 1290 762 754 466 149 5 6111
1991/1992 3 1 148 508 977 971 1010 797 714 436 219 45 5829
1992/1993 18 60 113 466 970 1310 1436 1311 862 578 204 73 7401
1993/1994 2 24 218 513 965 1066 1263 1151 724 517 131 5 6579
1994/1995 3 8 90 395 820 1106 1180 863 840 631 377 67 6380
1995/1996 17 2 167 517 786 1116 1359 1004 1037 527 283 40 6855
1996/1997 3 1 214 503 1021 1233 1284 1001 782 673 306 14 7035
1997/1998 10 17 113 452 926 1133 1202 841 998 551 195 114 6552
1998/1999 2 0 39 467 764 1150 1151 785 815 586 248 54 6061
1999/2000 8 9 227 458 690 1057 1164 870 738 503 169 49 5942
2000/2001 0 0 142 424 1204 1337 1152 1156 868 473 255 87 7098
2001/2002 0 5 146 511 773 1109 1173 957 1104 506 299 11 6594
2002/2003 0 8 138 680 831 1074 1142 1091 758 462 234 56 6474
2003/2004 0 7 168 352 897 1079 1267 1091 705 477 153 101 6297
2004/2005 11 46 87 402 812 1062 1269 856 807 513 266 28 6159
2005/2006 6 3 72 438 757 1218 858 1028 868 363 188 3 5802
2006/2007 0 10 232 586 875 1143 1475 1166 575 564 165 32 6823
2007/2008 0 2 102 407 792 1355 1287 1004 863 596 294 35 6737
2008/2009 0 0 126 488 805 1329 1158 945 853 544 233 69 6550
2009/2010 8 22 154 741 742 1454 1226 1119 NA NA NA NA NA
Normal 6 14 158 481 902 1222 1316 1026 853 519 240 46 6783


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Cooling Degree Days and Degree Day Normals for
North Platte, Nebraska
1975 - 2010

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
1975 0 0 0 10 11 89 311 260 39 7 0 0 727
1976 0 0 0 0 5 62 247 192 27 0 0 0 533
1977 0 0 0 2 26 174 305 149 64 0 0 0 720
1978 0 0 0 1 21 174 307 218 117 5 0 0 843
1979 0 0 0 0 27 156 294 262 123 0 0 0 862
1980 0 0 0 10 27 243 411 289 74 0 0 0 1054
1981 0 0 0 10 9 141 288 168 47 1 0 0 664
1982 0 0 0 0 8 70 314 276 68 0 0 0 736
1983 0 0 0 0 8 103 331 412 128 1 0 0 983
1984 0 0 0 0 13 110 252 317 69 0 0 0 761
1985 0 0 0 14 32 100 326 189 100 0 0 0 761
1986 0 0 0 3 11 201 334 217 43 0 0 0 809
1987 0 0 0 16 48 176 352 208 35 0 0 0 835
1988 0 0 0 1 41 293 301 282 46 0 0 0 964
1989 0 0 0 21 35 99 295 219 67 2 0 0 738
1990 0 0 0 15 10 205 291 289 165 5 0 0 980
1991 0 0 0 3 59 194 317 276 112 2 0 0 963
1992 0 0 0 13 31 54 130 116 60 1 0 0 405
1993 0 0 0 0 15 88 212 194 24 6 0 0 539
1994 0 0 0 10 63 213 183 251 111 0 0 0 831
1995 0 0 0 0 0 125 298 449 103 4 0 0 979
1996 0 0 0 0 38 149 204 165 44 3 0 0 603
1997 0 0 0 0 5 156 295 206 96 29 0 0 787
1998 0 0 0 0 37 94 326 237 150 0 0 0 844
1999 0 0 0 0 9 119 343 192 28 0 0 0 691
2000 0 0 0 0 42 140 362 393 107 0 0 0 1044
2001 0 0 0 4 13 168 394 201 52 3 0 0 835
2002 0 0 0 2 27 312 446 277 96 0 0 0 1160
2003 0 0 0 5 24 98 393 341 50 12 0 0 923
2004 0 0 0 0 57 104 231 141 129 1 0 0 663
2005 0 0 0 0 29 211 394 252 164 9 0 0 1059
2006 0 0 0 3 77 232 403 241 21 17 0 0 994
2007 0 0 0 6 30 142 344 351 128 23 0 0 1024
2008 0 0 0 0 7 72 346 207 49 2 0 0 683
2009 0 0 0 2 39 120 194 151 28 0 0 0 534
2010 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Normal 0 0 0 4 22 139 279 230 70 2 0 0 746

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 March 11, 2010.  Typically, there is one month between updates.

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