Lamar, NE 69023 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lamar, NE?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/07, about 252 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/05, about 150 frost-free days later.
Lamar 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Lamar before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Lamar's last frost
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lamar compares
About 150 days separate Lamar's last and first frost, putting it 35,467 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 525 of 605.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Lamar's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Lamar can differ from the 69023 normal.