Walthill, NE 68067 Frost Dates
Walthill, NE: when does the frost end?
Around 05/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 246 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/06, roughly 156 days after the last spring frost.
Walthill sits in USDA Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 6 weeks until Walthill's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Walthill against the rest of the dataset
Walthill's growing season runs about 156 days, ranking 33,761 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 459 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68067's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Walthill's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Walthill can differ from the 68067 normal.