Boys Town, NE 68130 Frost Dates
Boys Town, NE: when does the frost end?
Around 04/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 236 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/18, roughly 179 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Boys Town 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 Boys Town's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/21 isn't a guarantee
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Boys Town against the rest of the dataset
About 179 days separate Boys Town's last and first frost, putting it 25,427 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 73 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68130's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Boys Town's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Boys Town's dates instead of trusting one.