Omaha, NE 68114 Frost Dates
Omaha, 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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Omaha in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
With roughly 7 weeks until Omaha'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
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.
Omaha against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 183 frost-free days, Omaha places 23,721 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 10 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68114's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Omaha can differ from the 68114 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Omaha's frost date answer different questions.