Wood Lake, NE 69221 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wood Lake, NE, ZIP 69221
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/02, about 247 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 158 frost-free days later.
Wood Lake 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 Wood Lake 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.
Why 05/02 isn't a guarantee
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wood Lake compares
About 158 days separate Wood Lake's last and first frost, putting it 33,180 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NE, it ranks 427 of 605.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Wood Lake's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Wood Lake's dates instead of trusting one.