Boys Town, NE 68164 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Boys Town, NE?
Around 04/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 231 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 183 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Boys Town before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Boys Town's last frost
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Boys Town compares
Boys Town's growing season runs about 183 days, ranking 23,957 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 33 of 605.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Boys Town can differ from the 68164 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Boys Town's frost date answer different questions.