Holbrook, NE 68948 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Holbrook, NE?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/03, about 248 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/05, about 156 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Holbrook in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Holbrook before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Holbrook's last frost
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Holbrook compares
About 156 days separate Holbrook's last and first frost, putting it 33,854 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 465 of 605.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Holbrook's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Holbrook can differ from the 68948 normal.