Strang, NE 68444 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Strang, NE, ZIP 68444
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/20, roughly 235 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 178 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Strang 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 Strang 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 Strang'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 Strang compares
Strang's growing season runs about 178 days, ranking 25,948 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 93 of 605.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Strang's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Strang can differ from the 68444 normal.