Dunning, NE 68833 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Dunning, NE?
Around 05/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 254 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/02, about 143 frost-free days later.
Dunning 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
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Dunning before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Dunning's last frost
05/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Dunning compares
About 143 days separate Dunning's last and first frost, putting it 36,676 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 571 of 605.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Dunning's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Dunning can differ from the 68833 normal.