Overton, NE 68863 Frost Dates
68863, near Overton, NE: the frost window
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/13, roughly 169 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Overton 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
Overton's growing season runs out in roughly 7 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/13 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.
Overton against the rest of the dataset
Overton's growing season runs about 169 days, ranking 29,555 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 240 of 605.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 68863: the frost range, on how to read the range around Overton's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Overton can differ from the 68863 normal.