FrostDateCheck

Campbell, NE 68932 Frost Dates

Campbell, NE: when does the frost end?

Zone 6a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/30, roughly 245 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/08, roughly 161 days after the last spring frost.

Campbell sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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.

Stretching the season past the first frost

With roughly 6 weeks until Campbell's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.

Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee

04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Campbell against the rest of the dataset

At roughly 161 frost-free days, Campbell places 32,170 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 371 of 605.

Learn more

Before leaning on 68932's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Campbell's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Campbell can differ from the 68932 normal.