Central City, NE 68826 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Central City, NE?
Around 04/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 243 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 165 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 Central City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Central City 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
04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Central City compares
At roughly 165 frost-free days, Central City places 30,578 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 292 of 605.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Central City can differ from the 68826 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Central City's frost date answer different questions.