Panama, NE 68419 Frost Dates
Panama, NE: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/25, roughly 240 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/11, roughly 168 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Panama 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 6 weeks until Panama's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/12 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.
Panama against the rest of the dataset
About 168 days separate Panama's last and first frost, putting it 29,788 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 266 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68419's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Panama's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Panama can differ from the 68419 normal.