Syracuse, NE 68446 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Syracuse, NE?
Around 04/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 240 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 168 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Syracuse in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Syracuse before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Syracuse's last frost
04/25 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. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Syracuse compares
At roughly 168 frost-free days, Syracuse places 29,725 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 258 of 605.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Syracuse can differ from the 68446 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Syracuse's frost date answer different questions.