Malcolm, NE 68524 Frost Dates
Malcolm, NE: when does the frost end?
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. 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 Malcolm, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Malcolm's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/24 isn't a guarantee
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.
Malcolm against the rest of the dataset
About 171 days separate Malcolm's last and first frost, putting it 28,781 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 195 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68524's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Malcolm's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Malcolm's dates instead of trusting one.