Ogallala, NE 69144 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Ogallala, NE, ZIP 69144
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/22, about 237 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 176 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ogallala 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 Ogallala has about 7 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
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ogallala compares
At roughly 176 frost-free days, Ogallala places 26,441 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NE, it ranks 98 of 605.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Ogallala can differ from the 69144 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Ogallala's frost date answer different questions.