Roseland, NE 68973 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Roseland, NE, ZIP 68973
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/22, about 237 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 176 frost-free days later.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 Roseland, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Roseland has about 7 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Roseland compares
Roseland's growing season runs about 176 days, ranking 26,635 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 107 of 605.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Roseland's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Roseland's dates instead of trusting one.