Maxwell, NE 69151 Frost Dates
Maxwell, NE: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/02, about 247 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/10, roughly 161 days after the last spring frost.
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 Maxwell, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Maxwell's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Maxwell against the rest of the dataset
Maxwell's growing season runs about 161 days, ranking 32,171 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 372 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 69151's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Maxwell's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Maxwell can differ from the 69151 normal.