Boys Town, NE 68175 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Boys Town, NE, ZIP 68175
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/16, about 231 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 183 frost-free days later.
Boys Town sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 23,959 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 35 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.