Haigler, NE 69030 Frost Dates
69030, near Haigler, NE: the frost window
Around 05/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 250 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/05, roughly 152 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Haigler in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Haigler's growing season runs out in roughly 5 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 05/05 isn't a guarantee
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Haigler against the rest of the dataset
Haigler's growing season runs about 152 days, ranking 34,913 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 507 of 605.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 69030: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 5b and Haigler's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Haigler's dates instead of trusting one.