Wood River, NE 68883 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wood River, NE, ZIP 68883
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/25, about 240 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 171 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wood River in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Wood River has about 7 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.
Why 04/25 isn't a guarantee
04/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wood River compares
At roughly 171 frost-free days, Wood River places 28,719 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 192 of 605.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Wood River's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Wood River can differ from the 68883 normal.