Inman, NE 68742 Frost Dates
Inman, NE: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/03, about 248 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/05, roughly 155 days after the last spring frost.
Inman sits in USDA Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 Inman's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/03 isn't a guarantee
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/18 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.
Inman against the rest of the dataset
About 155 days separate Inman's last and first frost, putting it 34,183 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 474 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68742's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Inman can differ from the 68742 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Inman's frost date answer different questions.