Greeley Center, NE 68842 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Greeley Center, NE, ZIP 68842
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/05, about 250 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/02, about 149 frost-free days later.
Greeley Center 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
Zone 5a around Greeley Center 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 Greeley Center's last frost
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Greeley Center compares
About 149 days separate Greeley Center's last and first frost, putting it 35,565 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 533 of 605.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Greeley Center's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Greeley Center's dates instead of trusting one.