Dix, NE 69133 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Dix, NE, ZIP 69133
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/15, about 260 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/26, about 132 frost-free days later.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Dix, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Dix has about 4 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.
The actual range around Dix's last frost
05/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Dix compares
At roughly 132 frost-free days, Dix places 38,230 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 599 of 605.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Dix can differ from the 69133 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Dix's frost date answer different questions.