Benedict, NE 68316 Frost Dates
Benedict, NE: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/13, roughly 167 days after the last spring frost.
Benedict sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 7 weeks until Benedict's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/29 isn't a guarantee
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Benedict against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 167 frost-free days, Benedict places 30,206 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 280 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68316's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Benedict can differ from the 68316 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Benedict's frost date answer different questions.