Alliance, NE 69351 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Alliance, NE?
Around 05/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 257 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/01, about 141 frost-free days later.
Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Alliance, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Alliance before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Alliance's last frost
05/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Alliance compares
Alliance's growing season runs about 141 days, ranking 36,894 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 579 of 605.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5a and Alliance's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Alliance's dates instead of trusting one.