Ansley, NE 68814 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Ansley, NE, ZIP 68814
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/03, roughly 248 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/05, about 153 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ansley 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 Ansley 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.
The actual range around Ansley's last frost
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ansley compares
About 153 days separate Ansley's last and first frost, putting it 34,602 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 492 of 605.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Ansley can differ from the 68814 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Ansley's frost date answer different questions.