Battle Creek, NE 68715 Frost Dates
Battle Creek, NE: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/01, about 246 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/04, roughly 156 days after the last spring frost.
Battle Creek sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
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 05/01 isn't a guarantee
05/01 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 05/16 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 156 days, ranking 33,710 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 451 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68715's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Battle Creek can differ from the 68715 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Battle Creek's frost date answer different questions.