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

Heating Degree Days and Degree Day Normals for
Valentine, Nebraska
1974/1975 – 2012/2013
Season Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Total
1974/1975 NA NA NA NA NA NA 1256 1284 1126 642 236 67 NA
1975/1976 5 5 231 435 1008 1214 1348 907 969 485 268 58 6933
1976/1977 5 3 151 613 1094 1255 1672 952 990 431 101 8 7275
1977/1978 0 35 122 499 914 1397 1760 1526 993 618 254 72 8190
1978/1979 4 32 109 515 1053 1622 1888 1446 986 574 326 67 8622
1979/1980 14 24 77 478 1040 1010 1408 1189 1063 495 231 26 7055
1980/1981 0 14 112 536 804 1128 1124 1075 806 325 328 37 6289
1981/1982 21 7 114 514 748 1274 1697 1100 936 659 250 108 7428
1982/1983 1 16 189 536 1000 1183 1096 850 931 730 385 91 7008
1983/1984 6 0 168 461 903 1892 1334 952 1008 667 288 43 7722
1984/1985 0 0 280 542 886 1351 1461 1211 854 415 136 112 7248
1985/1986 13 29 279 531 1404 1517 1182 1134 720 591 264 20 7684
1986/1987 0 36 189 511 1013 1098 1126 893 976 424 124 35 6425
1987/1988 10 50 170 601 811 1198 1600 1270 936 570 204 4 7424
1988/1989 6 21 160 543 871 1195 1144 1428 1013 523 234 91 7229
1989/1990 5 11 169 471 755 1505 1026 1025 864 581 292 26 6730
1990/1991 25 0 117 501 795 1479 1476 860 755 451 207 1 6667
1991/1992 1 2 167 585 1076 1089 1115 867 800 515 211 70 6498
1992/1993 49 75 141 447 1039 1370 1462 1354 896 630 244 100 7807
1993/1994 5 31 253 561 1076 1116 1435 1339 822 558 149 36 7381
1994/1995 13 22 111 435 841 1139 1190 932 895 733 370 85 6766
1995/1996 11 3 183 571 885 1115 1503 1073 1175 611 322 50 7502
1996/1997 1 0 218 511 1185 1472 1478 1023 830 745 350 29 7842
1997/1998 18 16 105 474 974 1101 1257 844 1118 546 211 124 6788
1998/1999 3 0 52 480 764 1142 1222 796 796 589 264 63 6171
1999/2000 5 6 227 502 642 1049 1209 886 769 558 202 99 6154
2000/2001 2 9 147 444 1163 1443 1095 1183 842 467 229 85 7109
2001/2002 5 2 111 472 736 1132 1164 941 1222 527 367 26 6705
2002/2003 3 13 161 756 877 1078 1255 1202 883 492 265 66 7050
2003/2004 0 3 204 384 1003 1107 1297 1112 724 456 226 124 6639
2004/2005 11 42 103 452 820 1057 1352 890 866 489 294 30 6406
2005/2006 8 14 71 481 771 1295 872 1122 1010 415 231 13 6303
2006/2007 0 13 240 609 893 1172 1335 1266 634 590 157 37 6946
2007/2008 0 8 141 431 800 1322 1380 1136 908 621 324 47 7118
2008/2009 3 3 142 491 866 1426 1249 1002 915 615 242 108 7062
2009/2010 15 22 111 753 734 1507 1305 1185 768 450 333 36 7219
2010/2011 0 4 124 371 924 1291 1459 1201 965 582 310 45 7276
2011/2012 0 0 184 439 834 1130 1089 1046 497 396 211 5 5831
2012/2013 0 6 112 552 831 1175 1259 1018 952 NA NA NA NA
Normal 11 19 175 516 952 1285 1386 1101 932 571 260 57 7265

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Cooling Degree Days and Degree Day Normals for
Valentine, Nebraska
1975 – 2013
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
1975 0 0 0 16 24 124 400 272 47 18 0 0 901
1976 0 0 0 1 11 157 330 306 81 2 0 0 888
1977 0 0 0 3 46 203 307 116 57 0 0 0 732
1978 0 0 0 0 27 163 239 213 148 0 0 0 790
1979 0 0 0 4 20 136 280 208 129 0 0 0 777
1980 0 0 0 15 34 198 404 255 78 4 0 0 988
1981 0 0 0 6 16 145 304 207 70 0 0 0 748
1982 0 0 0 0 10 39 321 299 73 0 0 0 742
1983 0 0 0 0 12 99 338 422 125 0 0 0 996
1984 0 0 0 0 38 134 280 318 55 5 0 0 830
1985 0 0 0 9 66 92 337 176 87 0 0 0 767
1986 0 0 0 4 15 185 295 160 15 0 0 0 674
1987 0 0 0 11 61 184 372 178 34 0 0 0 840
1988 0 0 0 4 80 351 331 285 48 0 0 0 1099
1989 0 0 0 19 29 110 378 265 81 0 0 0 882
1990 0 0 0 16 17 192 257 237 160 12 0 0 891
1991 0 0 0 6 62 203 319 281 102 5 0 0 978
1992 0 0 0 14 41 54 74 125 63 6 0 0 377
1993 0 0 0 0 2 73 163 179 28 5 0 0 450
1994 0 0 0 9 67 156 183 227 97 0 0 0 739
1995 0 0 0 0 0 147 304 383 103 5 0 0 942
1996 0 0 0 0 18 149 224 233 64 6 0 0 694
1997 0 0 0 0 6 146 287 204 110 23 0 0 776
1998 0 0 0 1 42 61 331 282 189 0 0 0 906
1999 0 0 0 0 8 121 308 271 31 2 0 0 741
2000 0 0 0 0 27 93 299 333 124 0 0 0 876
2001 0 0 0 16 27 171 383 308 85 3 0 0 993
2002 0 0 0 1 20 256 463 265 112 0 0 0 1117
2003 0 0 0 7 23 90 340 370 74 6 0 0 910
2004 0 0 0 0 40 55 275 177 128 1 0 0 676
2005 0 0 0 0 19 177 338 267 144 12 0 0 957
2006 0 0 0 4 65 201 464 268 20 11 0 0 1033
2007 0 0 0 1 56 160 403 320 115 8 0 0 1063
2008 0 0 0 0 1 59 327 255 45 4 0 0 691
2009 0 0 0 2 34 116 165 153 55 0 0 0 525
2010 0 0 0 0 53 133 364 348 49 9 0 0 956
2011 0 0 0 0 18 128 420 284 41 21 0 0 912
2012 0 0 6 15 39 298 553 294 105 0 0 0 1310
2013 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Normal 0 0 0 5 27 141 286 242 75 3 0 0 779

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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 April 15, 2013. Typically, there is one month between updates.