FrostDateCheck

Gurley, NE 69141 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Gurley, NE?

Zone 5b

Around 04/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 243 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 166 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 Gurley, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

About 7 weeks of growing season left in Gurley before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

How much risk comes with planting early here

04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Gurley compares

At roughly 166 frost-free days, Gurley places 30,457 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 290 of 605.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Gurley's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Gurley can differ from the 69141 normal.