Crookston, NE 69212 Frost Dates
Crookston, NE: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/10, about 255 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/29, roughly 141 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Crookston in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Crookston's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Crookston's last frost
05/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Crookston against the rest of the dataset
Crookston's growing season runs about 141 days, ranking 37,011 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 582 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 69212's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Crookston's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Crookston's dates instead of trusting one.