Genoa, NE 68640 Frost Dates
68640, near Genoa, NE: the frost window
Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/05, roughly 157 days after the last spring frost.
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 Genoa, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Genoa's growing season runs out in roughly 5 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee
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.
Genoa against the rest of the dataset
Genoa's growing season runs about 157 days, ranking 33,397 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 436 of 605.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 68640: the frost range, on how to read the range around Genoa's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Genoa can differ from the 68640 normal.