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Color GDD °F Estimated Wheat Growth Stage
0 to 600 Seedling growth or tillering
600 to 800 Tillering or strongly upright tillers
800 to 1000 Strongly upright tillers or jointing (first node)
1000 to 1200 Jointing (first node) or approaching flag leaf emergence
1200 to 1400 Flag leaf emergence or boot
1400 to 1600 Boot or heading
1600 to 1800 Heading to flowering
1800 to 2000 Heading or flowering
2000 to 2200 Flowering or watery ripe
2200 to 2400 Watery ripe or milk
2400 to 2600 Milk or dough
2600 to 2800 Dough or kernels maturing
2800 to 3000 Dough or kernels maturing
More than 3000 Physiologically mature or approaching harvest

Data as of May 18 2024 01:20 (CDT) -- Click column headers to sort data

STATIONWHEATGDDNORMWHEATSTAGENORMWHEATGDDOBSWHEATSTAGEOBS
Ashland 8S1895.0Heading2361.0Watery Ripe
Ashland Bottoms1681.0Heading2174.0Flowering
Belleville 2W1595.0Boot1877.0Heading
Bunker Hill 3NE1603.0Heading2217.0Watery Ripe
Butler1839.0Heading2384.0Watery Ripe
Cherokee2000.0Flowering2737.0Dough
Cheyenne1296.0Flag Leaf1614.0Heading
Clay1566.0Boot2038.0Flowering
Colby1274.0Flag Leaf1724.0Heading
Corning 2NW1538.0Boot2131.0Flowering
Elmdale 1SE1630.0Heading2310.0Watery Ripe
Flickner Tech Farm1748.0Heading2179.0Flowering
Garden City1559.0Boot2081.0Flowering
Goodland Tech Farm1283.0Flag Leaf1695.0Heading
Gove 5SE1337.0Flag Leaf1923.0Heading
Grant1533.0Boot1954.0Heading
Gray1645.0Heading1974.0Heading
Gypsum1560.0Boot2020.0Flowering
Hamilton1504.0Boot1892.0Heading
Harper1967.0Heading2592.0Milk
Hays1550.0Boot2031.0Flowering
Haysville 3SE1872.0Heading2392.0Watery Ripe
Hiawatha1416.0Boot1950.0Heading
Hill City1499.0Boot1954.0Heading
Hodgeman1547.0Boot2142.0Flowering
Hoisington 4S1598.0Boot2154.0Flowering
Howard 14NW1791.0Heading2457.0Milk
Hutchinson 10SW1624.0Heading2253.0Watery Ripe
Jewell1262.0Flag Leaf2045.0Flowering
Kinsley 6S1608.0Heading2191.0Flowering
La Crosse1446.0Boot2079.0Flowering
Lake City2196.0Flowering2495.0Milk
Lakin1732.0Heading2005.0Flowering
Lane1500.0Boot1941.0Heading
Leoti1344.0Flag Leaf1898.0Heading
Little River 2W1641.0Heading2271.0Watery Ripe
Lorraine1580.0Boot2034.0Flowering
Ludell 3N1296.0Flag Leaf1733.0Heading
Manhattan1649.0Heading2243.0Watery Ripe
McPherson 1S1661.0Heading2355.0Watery Ripe
Meade1660.0Heading2026.0Flowering
Miami1694.0Heading2488.0Milk
Mitchell1534.0Boot2015.0Flowering
Moscow 10NW1835.0Heading2152.0Flowering
Mount Hope 3NE GMD1788.0Heading2373.0Watery Ripe
Ness City1478.0Boot2026.0Flowering
Norton 4SW1265.0Flag Leaf1869.0Heading
Oberlin 7NE1318.0Flag Leaf1796.0Heading
Olathe1685.0Heading2337.0Watery Ripe
Osborne1332.0Flag Leaf1964.0Heading
Oskaloosa 1SE1558.0Boot2243.0Watery Ripe
Ottawa 2SE1618.0Heading2309.0Watery Ripe
Overbrook1767.0Heading2353.0Watery Ripe
Parsons1866.0Heading2478.0Milk
Phillipsburg 1SW1397.0Flag Leaf1856.0Heading
Plainville 5N1424.0Boot2005.0Flowering
Pretty Prairie GMD1624.0Heading2379.0Watery Ripe
Richfield1756.0Heading2060.0Flowering
Rock Springs1715.0Heading2224.0Watery Ripe
Rocky Ford1521.0Boot2142.0Flowering
Rossville 2SE1535.0Boot2084.0Flowering
Roth Tech Farm1559.0Boot1937.0Heading
Russell Springs 3SW1343.0Flag Leaf1846.0Heading
Satanta1808.0Heading2240.0Watery Ripe
Scandia1595.0Boot1849.0Heading
Scott City 3SE1413.0Boot1819.0Heading
Sedan2011.0Flowering2703.0Dough
Sheridan1444.0Boot1837.0Heading
Sherman1283.0Flag Leaf1744.0Heading
Silver Lake 4E1779.0Heading2233.0Watery Ripe
Spearville1772.0Heading2085.0Flowering
St John 1NW1813.0Heading2157.0Flowering
Stanton1781.0Heading2035.0Flowering
Sublette 1E1993.0Heading2088.0Flowering
Tribune1328.0Flag Leaf1795.0Heading
Tribune 6NE1341.0Flag Leaf1723.0Heading
Uniontown 3NW1801.0Heading2543.0Milk
Viola1855.0Heading2449.0Milk
WaKeeney1485.0Boot2036.0Flowering
Wallace1389.0Flag Leaf1702.0Heading
Washington1429.0Boot1945.0Heading
Welda 3E1687.0Heading2509.0Milk
Willis Tech Farm1559.0Boot2030.0Flowering
Woodson1766.0Heading2489.0Milk
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