Waverly, NE 68527 Frost Dates
Waverly, NE: when does the frost end?
Around 04/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 242 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/10, roughly 164 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Waverly in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Waverly's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/27 isn't a guarantee
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Waverly against the rest of the dataset
Waverly's growing season runs about 164 days, ranking 30,917 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 320 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68527's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Waverly can differ from the 68527 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Waverly's frost date answer different questions.