Broadwater, NE 69125 Frost Dates
Broadwater, NE: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/13, roughly 258 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/28, roughly 136 days after the last spring frost.
Broadwater sits in USDA Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 4 weeks until Broadwater's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/13 isn't a guarantee
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Broadwater against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 136 frost-free days, Broadwater places 37,811 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 595 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 69125's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Broadwater's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Broadwater's dates instead of trusting one.