Franklin, NE 68939 Frost Dates
Franklin, NE: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/08, roughly 161 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 Franklin, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Franklin'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
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.
Franklin against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 161 frost-free days, Franklin places 32,102 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 368 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68939's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Franklin's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Franklin's dates instead of trusting one.