Concord, NE 68728 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Concord, NE?
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.
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 Concord, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Concord before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Concord'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 Concord compares
Concord's growing season runs about 154 days, ranking 34,466 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 481 of 605.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Concord can differ from the 68728 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5a and Concord's frost date answer different questions.