Wellfleet, NE 69170 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wellfleet, NE, ZIP 69170
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/01, about 246 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/09, about 160 frost-free days later.
Wellfleet sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Wellfleet 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.
The actual range around Wellfleet's last frost
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wellfleet compares
About 160 days separate Wellfleet's last and first frost, putting it 32,556 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 396 of 605.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Wellfleet's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Wellfleet's dates instead of trusting one.