Boys Town, NE 68109 Frost Dates
Boys Town, NE: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/16, about 231 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/18, roughly 183 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Boys Town, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Boys Town's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/16 isn't a guarantee
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Boys Town against the rest of the dataset
Boys Town's growing season runs about 183 days, ranking 23,951 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 27 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68109's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Boys Town can differ from the 68109 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Boys Town's frost date answer different questions.