Burchard, NE 68323 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Burchard, NE, ZIP 68323
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/22, about 237 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 179 frost-free days later.
Burchard 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 Burchard has about 8 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.
Why 04/22 isn't a guarantee
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 Burchard compares
At roughly 179 frost-free days, Burchard places 25,531 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 80 of 605.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Burchard's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Burchard's dates instead of trusting one.