Albion, NE 68620 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Albion, NE, ZIP 68620
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/01, about 246 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/05, about 157 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Albion in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Albion has about 5 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Albion compares
At roughly 157 frost-free days, Albion places 33,346 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 431 of 605.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Albion's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Albion can differ from the 68620 normal.