Adams, NE 68301 Frost Dates
Adams, NE: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/20, roughly 179 days after the last spring frost.
Adams 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Adams's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/22 isn't a guarantee
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Adams against the rest of the dataset
Adams's growing season runs about 179 days, ranking 25,433 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 76 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68301's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Adams can differ from the 68301 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Adams's frost date answer different questions.