Clinton, NE 69365 Frost Dates
69365, near Clinton, NE: the frost window
Around 05/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 261 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/27, roughly 132 days after the last spring frost.
Clinton 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Clinton's growing season runs out in roughly 4 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 05/16 isn't a guarantee
05/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Clinton against the rest of the dataset
Clinton's growing season runs about 132 days, ranking 38,242 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NE, it ranks 601 of 605.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 69365: the frost range, on how to read the range around Clinton's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Clinton can differ from the 69365 normal.