Battle Creek, NE 68702 Frost Dates
Battle Creek, NE: when does the frost end?
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 5a (-20 to -15°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 Battle Creek, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Battle Creek's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
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 05/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Battle Creek against the rest of the dataset
Battle Creek's growing season runs about 157 days, ranking 33,373 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 433 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68702's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Battle Creek can differ from the 68702 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Battle Creek's frost date answer different questions.