Leigh, NE 68643 Frost Dates
Leigh, NE: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/27, roughly 242 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/10, roughly 165 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 Leigh, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Leigh'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
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Leigh against the rest of the dataset
About 165 days separate Leigh's last and first frost, putting it 30,708 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 299 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68643's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Leigh's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Leigh can differ from the 68643 normal.