Rising City, NE 68658 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Rising City, NE, ZIP 68658
Around 04/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 244 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/09, about 163 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 Rising City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Rising City has about 6 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.
Why 04/29 isn't a guarantee
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Rising City compares
About 163 days separate Rising City's last and first frost, putting it 31,525 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 339 of 605.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Rising City's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Rising City can differ from the 68658 normal.