Holstein, NE 68950 Frost Dates
Holstein, NE: when does the frost end?
Around 04/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 237 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 176 days after the last spring frost.
Holstein sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 7 weeks until Holstein's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Holstein's last frost
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Holstein against the rest of the dataset
Holstein's growing season runs about 176 days, ranking 26,648 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 108 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 68950's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Holstein's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Holstein can differ from the 68950 normal.