Kilgore, NE 69216 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Kilgore, NE?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/10, roughly 255 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/29, about 141 frost-free days later.
Kilgore sits in USDA Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Kilgore before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Kilgore's last frost
05/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Kilgore compares
Kilgore's growing season runs about 141 days, ranking 37,012 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 583 of 605.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Kilgore can differ from the 69216 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5a and Kilgore's frost date answer different questions.