Winside, NE 68790 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Winside, NE, ZIP 68790
Around 04/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 244 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 163 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Winside in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Winside has about 6 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 Winside's last frost
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Winside compares
Winside's growing season runs about 163 days, ranking 31,524 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 338 of 605.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Winside's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Winside's dates instead of trusting one.