Gordon, NE 69343 Frost Dates
Gordon, NE: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/12, about 257 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/01, roughly 141 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gordon 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 Gordon's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Gordon's last frost
05/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Gordon against the rest of the dataset
Gordon's growing season runs about 141 days, ranking 36,921 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 580 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 69343's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Gordon can differ from the 69343 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Gordon's frost date answer different questions.