Boys Town, NE 68135 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Boys Town, NE, ZIP 68135
Around 04/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 236 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 179 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Boys Town has about 7 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 04/21 isn't a guarantee
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Boys Town compares
At roughly 179 frost-free days, Boys Town places 25,428 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 74 of 605.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Boys Town's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Boys Town's dates instead of trusting one.