Farwell, NE 68838 Frost Dates
Farwell, NE: when does the frost end?
Around 04/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 238 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/14, roughly 172 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Farwell in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Farwell's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Farwell against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 172 frost-free days, Farwell places 28,533 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 171 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68838's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Farwell's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Farwell can differ from the 68838 normal.