Stratton, NE 69037 Frost Dates
Stratton, NE: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/12, roughly 163 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Stratton 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
With roughly 6 weeks until Stratton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Stratton against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 163 frost-free days, Stratton places 31,533 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 341 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 69037's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Stratton's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Stratton's dates instead of trusting one.