Utica, NE 68456 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Utica, NE?
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 169 frost-free days later.
Utica sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Utica before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 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 Utica compares
About 169 days separate Utica's last and first frost, putting it 29,529 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 236 of 605.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Utica's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Utica can differ from the 68456 normal.