Lincoln, NE 68502 Frost Dates
Lincoln, NE: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/13, roughly 171 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Lincoln, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Lincoln's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lincoln against the rest of the dataset
About 171 days separate Lincoln's last and first frost, putting it 28,563 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 182 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68502's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Lincoln can differ from the 68502 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Lincoln's frost date answer different questions.