Hardy, NE 68943 Frost Dates
Hardy, NE: when does the frost end?
Around 04/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 244 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/10, roughly 162 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hardy in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Hardy's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/29 isn't a guarantee
04/29 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 05/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hardy against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 162 frost-free days, Hardy places 31,898 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 367 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68943's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Hardy's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Hardy can differ from the 68943 normal.