Melbeta, NE 69355 Frost Dates
Melbeta, NE: when does the frost end?
Around 05/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 250 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/04, roughly 149 days after the last spring frost.
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 Melbeta, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Melbeta's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Melbeta against the rest of the dataset
Melbeta's growing season runs about 149 days, ranking 35,595 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 536 of 605.
Learn more
Before leaning on 69355's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Melbeta's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Melbeta can differ from the 69355 normal.