Brule, NE 69127 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Brule, NE, ZIP 69127
Around 05/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 246 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 163 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Brule in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 5b around Brule has about 6 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Brule compares
About 163 days separate Brule's last and first frost, putting it 31,532 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 340 of 605.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Brule's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Brule can differ from the 69127 normal.