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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 08 2026 01:20 (CDT) -- Click column headers to sort data

STATIONWHEATGDDNORMWHEATSTAGENORMWHEATGDDOBSWHEATSTAGEOBS
Alma 5SE1223.0Flag Leaf2192.0Flowering
Ashland 8S1551.0BootNewNew
Ashland Bottoms1357.0Flag Leaf2095.0Flowering
Belleville 2W1267.0Flag Leaf1834.0Heading
Bennington 3N1267.0Flag Leaf2134.0Flowering
Bentley 2S GMD1534.0Boot2252.0Watery Ripe
Bunker Hill 3NE1262.0Flag Leaf2177.0Flowering
Butler1502.0Boot2381.0Watery Ripe
Cherokee1662.0Heading2540.0Milk
Cheyenne999.0Upright Tillers1768.0Heading
Clay1246.0Flag Leaf2003.0Flowering
Clinton Lake0Seedling2320.0Watery Ripe
Colby1001.0Jointing1820.0Heading
Corning 2NW1221.0Flag Leaf1948.0Heading
Cummings 3NW1299.0Flag Leaf2014.0Flowering
Denmark 1NW1120.0Jointing2082.0Flowering
Ekdahl0Seedling2328.0Watery Ripe
Elmdale 1SE1310.0Flag Leaf2264.0Watery Ripe
Flickner Tech Farm1415.0Boot2211.0Watery Ripe
Garden City1251.0Flag Leaf2149.0Flowering
Goodland Tech Farm1014.0Jointing1912.0Heading
Gove 5SE1028.0Jointing2006.0Flowering
Grant1232.0Flag Leaf2047.0Flowering
Gray1327.0Flag Leaf2047.0Flowering
Gypsum1251.0Flag Leaf2039.0Flowering
Hamilton1206.0Flag Leaf1984.0Heading
Harper1623.0Heading2574.0Milk
Hays1212.0Flag Leaf2052.0Flowering
Haysville 3SE1534.0Boot2392.0Watery Ripe
Hiawatha1111.0Jointing1858.0Heading
Hill City1195.0Jointing2030.0Flowering
Hodgeman1240.0Flag Leaf2172.0Flowering
Hoisington 4S1286.0Flag Leaf2172.0Flowering
Howard 14NW1463.0Boot2389.0Watery Ripe
Hutchinson 10SW1307.0Flag Leaf2116.0Flowering
Hutchinson 1NW GMD1307.0Flag Leaf2269.0Watery Ripe
Jewell984.0Upright Tillers1982.0Heading
Kinsley 6S1294.0Flag Leaf2193.0Flowering
Konza Prairie0Seedling2183.0Flowering
La Crosse1148.0Jointing2063.0Flowering
Lake City1837.0Heading2480.0Milk
Lakin1411.0Boot2136.0Flowering
Lane1198.0Jointing1982.0Heading
Larned 6SW1377.0Flag Leaf2176.0Flowering
Lebanon 2SW1117.0Jointing1822.0Heading
Leoti1066.0Jointing1988.0Heading
Little River 2W1317.0Flag Leaf2224.0Watery Ripe
Lorraine1262.0Flag Leaf2044.0Flowering
Ludell 3N1021.0Jointing1966.0Heading
Manhattan1321.0Flag Leaf2163.0Flowering
Mayetta 6W1133.0Jointing2091.0Flowering
McPherson 1S1339.0Flag Leaf2266.0Watery Ripe
Meade1339.0Flag Leaf2131.0Flowering
Miami1361.0Flag Leaf2245.0Watery Ripe
Mitchell1221.0Flag Leaf1921.0Heading
Moscow 10NW1512.0Boot2234.0Watery Ripe
Mount Hope 3NE GMD1455.0Boot2295.0Watery Ripe
Ness City1178.0Jointing2067.0Flowering
Norton 4SW962.0Upright Tillers1849.0Heading
Oberlin 7NE1017.0Jointing1846.0Heading
Olathe1355.0Flag Leaf2223.0Watery Ripe
Osborne1042.0Jointing1991.0Heading
Oskaloosa 1SE1246.0Flag Leaf2128.0Flowering
Ottawa 2SE1298.0Flag Leaf2210.0Watery Ripe
Overbrook1430.0Boot2172.0Flowering
Parsons1532.0Boot2409.0Milk
Phillipsburg 1SW1102.0Jointing1902.0Heading
Plainville 5N1133.0Jointing2091.0Flowering
Pretty Prairie GMD1307.0Flag Leaf2313.0Watery Ripe
Richfield1441.0Boot2200.0Watery Ripe
Rock Springs1385.0Flag Leaf2166.0Flowering
Rocky Ford1212.0Flag Leaf2081.0Flowering
Rossville 2SE1223.0Flag Leaf2096.0Flowering
Roth Tech Farm1251.0Flag Leaf1982.0Heading
Russell Springs 3SW1063.0Jointing2042.0Flowering
Satanta1488.0Boot2214.0Watery Ripe
Scandia1267.0Flag Leaf1832.0Heading
Scott City 3SE1123.0Jointing1886.0Heading
Sedan1671.0Heading2617.0Dough
Seguin 3E1151.0Jointing1815.0Heading
Sherman990.0Upright Tillers1750.0Heading
Silver Lake 4E1443.0Boot2091.0Flowering
Spearville1446.0Boot2164.0Flowering
St John 1NW1479.0Boot2265.0Watery Ripe
Stanton1463.0Boot2175.0Flowering
Sublette 1E1662.0Heading2163.0Flowering
Tribune1052.0Jointing1923.0Heading
Tribune 6NE1064.0Jointing1923.0Heading
Uniontown 3NW1469.0Boot2363.0Watery Ripe
Viola1517.0Boot2389.0Watery Ripe
WaKeeney1184.0Jointing2127.0Flowering
Wallace1104.0Jointing1823.0Heading
Washington1122.0Jointing1901.0Heading
Welda 3E1364.0Flag Leaf2299.0Watery Ripe
Willis Tech Farm1251.0Flag Leaf2143.0Flowering
Woodson1438.0Boot2366.0Watery Ripe
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