Miller, NE 68858 Frost Dates
Miller, NE: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/03, about 248 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/05, roughly 153 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Miller 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 5 weeks until Miller'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
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Miller against the rest of the dataset
About 153 days separate Miller's last and first frost, putting it 34,653 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 498 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68858's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Miller's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Miller can differ from the 68858 normal.