Friend, NE 68359 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Friend, NE, ZIP 68359
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 169 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Friend in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Friend has about 7 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.
The actual range around Friend's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Friend compares
About 169 days separate Friend's last and first frost, putting it 29,518 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 235 of 605.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Friend's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Friend can differ from the 68359 normal.