Belgrade, NE 68623 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Belgrade, NE, ZIP 68623
Around 05/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 246 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/05, about 157 frost-free days later.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 Belgrade, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Belgrade 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.
Why 05/01 isn't a guarantee
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 Belgrade compares
At roughly 157 frost-free days, Belgrade places 33,466 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 447 of 605.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Belgrade can differ from the 68623 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Belgrade's frost date answer different questions.