Monroe, NE 68647 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Monroe, NE, ZIP 68647
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. 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 Monroe, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Monroe 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.
The actual range around Monroe's last frost
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Monroe compares
About 157 days separate Monroe's last and first frost, putting it 33,453 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 442 of 605.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Monroe's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Monroe's dates instead of trusting one.