Nebraska · 9 cities · Nov 11, 2026

Nebraska soil temperatures (4 inch)

Median across the state, top 4 inches (modelled)53°FModelled by NOAA GFS, run Nov 11, 12:00 UTC (7 am Eastern). Warmest: Lincoln 54°F · coolest: Fremont 53°F
Cities
9
each on its own model grid cell
Change on a week ago
+3°F
median of the cities
Pre-emergent window open
0
of 9 cities today
Held 55°F last spring
Apr 13
median date

Soil temperature today, largest Nebraska cities

°F, today's average of the 0–4 in layer. Green band: 50–55°F. Bars start at 30°F, not zero.

Omaha53°FLincoln54°FGrand Island54°FKearney53°FFremont53°FHastings54°FNorfolk53°FNorth Platte53°FColumbus53°F
Omaha53°FLincoln54°FGrand Island54°FKearney53°FFremont53°FHastings54°FNorfolk53°FNorth Platte53°FColumbus53°F
Source: NOAA NCEP GFS, run Nov 11, 12:00 UTC (7 am Eastern).

Measured at 4 inches in Nebraska

Daily average of hourly probe readings (NOAA USCRN), latest full day. Measured, not modelled.

NOAA station4 in2 in8 inDay
Harrison 20 SSE44.0°F41.9°F43.9°FNov 10
Whitman 5 ENE47.7°F47.0°F48.5°FNov 10
Lincoln 11 SW51.8°F49.9°F52.8°FNov 10

All 9 cities in Nebraska

CitySoil todayvs a week agoNext 7 daysGrass seed
Omaha, NE53°F+1°F39°F–48°FToo late in the season
Lincoln, NE54°F+2°F40°F–49°FToo late in the season
Grand Island, NE54°F+4°F41°F–49°FToo late in the season
Kearney, NE53°F+6°F43°F–50°FToo late in the season
Fremont, NE53°F+2°F39°F–48°FToo late in the season
Hastings, NE54°F+5°F42°F–50°FToo late in the season
Norfolk, NE53°F+3°F39°F–47°FToo late in the season
North Platte, NE53°F+5°F45°F–51°FToo late in the season
Columbus, NE53°F+2°F39°F–48°FToo late in the season

City numbers are the modelled average of the top 4 inches (0–10 cm), not a probe at exactly 4 inches. Measured 2, 4 and 8 inch readings · Nebraska by ZIP code

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Data: Global Forecast System (GFS) 0.25°, soil temperature 0–10 cm (TSOIL) (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)); U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) hourly data, version 2 (soil temperature at 5 cm and 10 cm, air temperature) (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)); GeoNames gazetteer (cities15000) (GeoNames).