Verdigre, NE 68783 Frost Dates
Verdigre, NE: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/05, about 250 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/02, roughly 148 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 Verdigre, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Verdigre's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/05 isn't a guarantee
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Verdigre against the rest of the dataset
About 148 days separate Verdigre's last and first frost, putting it 35,782 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 540 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68783's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Verdigre's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Verdigre's dates instead of trusting one.