Cedar Creek, NE 68016 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cedar Creek, NE, ZIP 68016
Around 04/17 is the usual last spring frost, about 232 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 183 frost-free days later.
Cedar Creek 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Cedar Creek has about 7 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Cedar Creek's last frost
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cedar Creek compares
Cedar Creek's growing season runs about 183 days, ranking 23,993 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 42 of 605.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Cedar Creek's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Cedar Creek can differ from the 68016 normal.