Alda, NE 68810 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Alda, NE, ZIP 68810
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 174 frost-free days later.
Alda sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Alda has about 7 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.
Why 04/23 isn't a guarantee
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Alda compares
At roughly 174 frost-free days, Alda places 27,579 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 131 of 605.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Alda can differ from the 68810 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Alda's frost date answer different questions.