Tecumseh, NE 68450 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Tecumseh, NE, ZIP 68450
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 164 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Tecumseh 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
Zone 5b around Tecumseh has about 6 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 Tecumseh's last frost
04/26 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. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tecumseh compares
About 164 days separate Tecumseh's last and first frost, putting it 31,007 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 321 of 605.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Tecumseh's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Tecumseh's dates instead of trusting one.