Edison, NE 68936 Frost Dates
Edison, 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.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Edison, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Edison'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
05/01 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.
Edison against the rest of the dataset
Edison's growing season runs about 157 days, ranking 33,465 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 446 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68936's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Edison can differ from the 68936 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Edison's frost date answer different questions.