Dwight, NE 68635 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Dwight, NE?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 168 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Dwight 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
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Dwight before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Dwight's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 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 Dwight compares
At roughly 168 frost-free days, Dwight places 29,790 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 267 of 605.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Dwight's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Dwight can differ from the 68635 normal.