Saronville, NE 68975 Frost Dates
68975, near Saronville, NE: the frost window
Around 04/19 is the usual last spring frost, about 234 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/20, roughly 181 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 Saronville, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Saronville's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/19 isn't a guarantee
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Saronville against the rest of the dataset
Saronville's growing season runs about 181 days, ranking 24,752 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 54 of 605.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 68975: local microclimates, on what one yard in Saronville can differ from the 68975 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6a and Saronville's frost date answer different questions.