Deshler, NE 68340 Frost Dates
Deshler, NE: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/15, roughly 172 days after the last spring frost.
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 Deshler, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Deshler's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Deshler's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/09 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.
Deshler against the rest of the dataset
Deshler's growing season runs about 172 days, ranking 28,422 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 156 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68340's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Deshler can differ from the 68340 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Deshler's frost date answer different questions.