Wilcox, NE 68982 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wilcox, NE, ZIP 68982
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 174 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wilcox in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
Zone 6a around Wilcox 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.
The actual range around Wilcox's last frost
04/24 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. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wilcox compares
Wilcox's growing season runs about 174 days, ranking 27,612 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 138 of 605.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Wilcox can differ from the 68982 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Wilcox's frost date answer different questions.