Fullerton, NE 68638 Frost Dates
Fullerton, NE: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/05, roughly 157 days after the last spring frost.
Fullerton sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Fullerton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Fullerton against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 157 frost-free days, Fullerton places 33,372 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 432 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68638's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Fullerton's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Fullerton can differ from the 68638 normal.