Oakdale, NE 68761 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Oakdale, NE, ZIP 68761
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/04, roughly 249 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 153 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 Oakdale, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5a around Oakdale 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 Oakdale's last frost
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Oakdale compares
About 153 days separate Oakdale's last and first frost, putting it 34,630 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 494 of 605.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Oakdale can differ from the 68761 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Oakdale's frost date answer different questions.