Blair, NE 68008 Frost Dates
Blair, NE: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/22, about 237 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/17, roughly 177 days after the last spring frost.
Blair sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Blair's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/22 isn't a guarantee
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Blair against the rest of the dataset
Blair's growing season runs about 177 days, ranking 26,091 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 94 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68008's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Blair's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Blair can differ from the 68008 normal.