Blue Springs, NE 68318 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Blue Springs, NE?
Around 04/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 237 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 179 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 Blue Springs, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Blue Springs before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Blue Springs compares
At roughly 179 frost-free days, Blue Springs places 25,488 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 77 of 605.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Blue Springs can differ from the 68318 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Blue Springs's frost date answer different questions.