St. Edward, NE 68660 Frost Dates
Frost dates for St. Edward, NE, ZIP 68660
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/30, roughly 245 days out. 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 St. Edward, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around St. Edward 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 St. Edward'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 St. Edward compares
About 157 days separate St. Edward's last and first frost, putting it 33,407 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 438 of 605.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in St. Edward can differ from the 68660 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and St. Edward's frost date answer different questions.