Belden, NE 68717 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Belden, NE, ZIP 68717
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/02, roughly 247 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 154 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Belden in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5a around Belden 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 Belden's last frost
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Belden compares
At roughly 154 frost-free days, Belden places 34,471 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 483 of 605.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Belden's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Belden can differ from the 68717 normal.