Arapahoe, NE 68922 Frost Dates
Arapahoe, NE: when does the frost end?
Around 05/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 246 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/07, roughly 157 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Arapahoe 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 6 weeks until Arapahoe's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/01 isn't a guarantee
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Arapahoe against the rest of the dataset
About 157 days separate Arapahoe's last and first frost, putting it 33,384 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 434 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68922's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Arapahoe's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Arapahoe's dates instead of trusting one.