Springview, NE 68778 Frost Dates
Springview, NE: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/10, about 255 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/01, roughly 143 days after the last spring frost.
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 Springview, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Springview's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/10 isn't a guarantee
05/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Springview against the rest of the dataset
About 143 days separate Springview's last and first frost, putting it 36,636 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 567 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68778's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Springview can differ from the 68778 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Springview's frost date answer different questions.