Murdock, NE 68407 Frost Dates
Murdock, NE: when does the frost end?
Around 04/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 238 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 175 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Murdock in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Murdock's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Murdock's last frost
04/23 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 05/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Murdock against the rest of the dataset
Murdock's growing season runs about 175 days, ranking 27,227 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 117 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68407's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Murdock's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Murdock can differ from the 68407 normal.