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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 11 2024 19:40 (CDT) -- Click column headers to sort data

STATIONWHEATGDDNORMWHEATSTAGENORMWHEATGDDOBSWHEATSTAGEOBS
Ashland 8S1656.0Heading2135.0Flowering
Ashland Bottoms1454.0Boot1953.0Heading
Belleville 2W1365.0Flag Leaf1657.0Heading
Bunker Hill 3NE1384.0Flag Leaf1985.0Heading
Butler1606.0Heading2152.0Flowering
Cherokee1768.0Heading2503.0Milk
Cheyenne1103.0Jointing1412.0Boot
Clay1341.0Flag Leaf1816.0Heading
Colby1081.0Jointing1521.0Boot
Corning 2NW1315.0Flag Leaf1897.0Heading
Elmdale 1SE1406.0Boot2079.0Flowering
Flickner Tech Farm1517.0Boot1947.0Heading
Garden City1343.0Flag Leaf1853.0Heading
Goodland Tech Farm1093.0Jointing1485.0Boot
Gove 5SE1136.0Jointing1703.0Heading
Grant1322.0Flag Leaf1739.0Heading
Gray1423.0Boot1759.0Heading
Gypsum1344.0Flag Leaf1801.0Heading
Hamilton1296.0Flag Leaf1679.0Heading
Harper1729.0Heading2349.0Watery Ripe
Hays1332.0Flag Leaf1804.0Heading
Haysville 3SE1638.0Heading2158.0Flowering
Hiawatha1199.0Jointing1726.0Heading
Hill City1284.0Flag Leaf1728.0Heading
Hodgeman1331.0Flag Leaf1914.0Heading
Hoisington 4S1380.0Flag Leaf1928.0Heading
Howard 14NW1563.0Boot2219.0Watery Ripe
Hutchinson 10SW1402.0Boot2015.0Flowering
Jewell1064.0Jointing1813.0Heading
Kinsley 6S1389.0Flag Leaf1974.0Heading
La Crosse1235.0Flag Leaf1854.0Heading
Lake City1949.0Heading2258.0Watery Ripe
Lakin1509.0Boot1783.0Heading
Lane1288.0Flag Leaf1720.0Heading
Leoti1148.0Jointing1681.0Heading
Little River 2W1413.0Boot2037.0Flowering
Lorraine1357.0Flag Leaf1807.0Heading
Ludell 3N1102.0Jointing1517.0Boot
Manhattan1419.0Boot2018.0Flowering
McPherson 1S1436.0Boot2113.0Flowering
Meade1436.0Boot1816.0Heading
Miami1462.0Boot2237.0Watery Ripe
Mitchell1315.0Flag Leaf1785.0Heading
Moscow 10NW1610.0Heading1924.0Heading
Mount Hope 3NE GMD1557.0Boot2134.0Flowering
Ness City1267.0Flag Leaf1800.0Heading
Norton 4SW1067.0Jointing1641.0Heading
Oberlin 7NE1123.0Jointing1576.0Boot
Olathe1456.0Boot2098.0Flowering
Osborne1126.0Jointing1738.0Heading
Oskaloosa 1SE1341.0Flag Leaf2008.0Flowering
Ottawa 2SE1394.0Flag Leaf2069.0Flowering
Overbrook1534.0Boot2115.0Flowering
Parsons1635.0Heading2233.0Watery Ripe
Phillipsburg 1SW1189.0Jointing1631.0Heading
Plainville 5N1219.0Flag Leaf1776.0Heading
Pretty Prairie GMD1402.0Boot2139.0Flowering
Richfield1538.0Boot1845.0Heading
Rock Springs1485.0Boot1998.0Heading
Rocky Ford1304.0Flag Leaf1918.0Heading
Rossville 2SE1317.0Flag Leaf1852.0Heading
Roth Tech Farm1343.0Flag Leaf1719.0Heading
Russell Springs 3SW1145.0Jointing1630.0Heading
Satanta1586.0Boot2011.0Flowering
Scandia1365.0Flag Leaf1626.0Heading
Scott City 3SE1209.0Flag Leaf1607.0Heading
Sedan1777.0Heading2456.0Milk
Sheridan1238.0Flag Leaf1619.0Heading
Sherman1093.0Jointing1539.0Boot
Silver Lake 4E1546.0Boot1993.0Heading
Spearville1544.0Boot1867.0Heading
St John 1NW1581.0Boot1929.0Heading
Stanton1561.0Boot1812.0Heading
Sublette 1E1764.0Heading1866.0Heading
Tribune1134.0Jointing1589.0Boot
Tribune 6NE1146.0Jointing1518.0Boot
Uniontown 3NW1571.0Boot2297.0Watery Ripe
Viola1621.0Heading2211.0Watery Ripe
WaKeeney1273.0Flag Leaf1811.0Heading
Wallace1187.0Jointing1495.0Boot
Washington1213.0Flag Leaf1725.0Heading
Welda 3E1462.0Boot2261.0Watery Ripe
Willis Tech Farm1343.0Flag Leaf1815.0Heading
Woodson1538.0Boot2248.0Watery Ripe
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