Homer, NE 68030 Frost Dates
68030, near Homer, NE: the frost window
Around 04/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 244 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/05, roughly 159 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Homer in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Homer's growing season runs out in roughly 5 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/29 isn't a guarantee
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Homer against the rest of the dataset
Homer's growing season runs about 159 days, ranking 32,732 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 406 of 605.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 68030: the frost range, on how to read the range around Homer's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Homer can differ from the 68030 normal.