Waverly, NE 68517 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Waverly, NE, ZIP 68517
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/27, roughly 242 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 164 frost-free days later.
Waverly sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
Zone 6a around Waverly 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.
Why 04/27 isn't a guarantee
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Waverly compares
About 164 days separate Waverly's last and first frost, putting it 30,916 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 319 of 605.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Waverly's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Waverly can differ from the 68517 normal.