Tilden, NE 68781 Frost Dates
Tilden, NE: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/04, roughly 249 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/04, roughly 153 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 Tilden, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Tilden's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Tilden against the rest of the dataset
Tilden's growing season runs about 153 days, ranking 34,568 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 489 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68781's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Tilden can differ from the 68781 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Tilden's frost date answer different questions.