Aurora, NE 68818 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Aurora, NE?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/21, about 236 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 176 frost-free days later.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 Aurora, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Aurora before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Aurora compares
At roughly 176 frost-free days, Aurora places 26,443 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 100 of 605.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Aurora's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Aurora can differ from the 68818 normal.