Exeter, NE 68351 Frost Dates
Exeter, NE: when does the frost end?
Around 04/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 240 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/14, roughly 170 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 Exeter, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Exeter's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/25 isn't a guarantee
04/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Exeter against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 170 frost-free days, Exeter places 29,186 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 213 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68351's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Exeter can differ from the 68351 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Exeter's frost date answer different questions.