Shickley, NE 68436 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Shickley, NE, ZIP 68436
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/20, about 235 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 178 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Shickley 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 Shickley 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 Shickley's last frost
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Shickley compares
About 178 days separate Shickley's last and first frost, putting it 25,895 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 88 of 605.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Shickley can differ from the 68436 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Shickley's frost date answer different questions.