Wayne, NE 68787 Frost Dates
Wayne, NE: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/11, roughly 163 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 Wayne, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Wayne's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Wayne's last frost
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wayne against the rest of the dataset
Wayne's growing season runs about 163 days, ranking 31,364 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 333 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68787's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Wayne can differ from the 68787 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Wayne's frost date answer different questions.