Anselmo, NE 68813 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Anselmo, NE, ZIP 68813
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/10, about 255 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/01, about 143 frost-free days later.
Anselmo sits in USDA Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 5a around Anselmo has about 5 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 05/10 isn't a guarantee
05/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Anselmo compares
At roughly 143 frost-free days, Anselmo places 36,666 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 570 of 605.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Anselmo's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Anselmo's dates instead of trusting one.