Frost dates for Gretna 4 NE, Nebraska
Half of years have their last spring frost by April 21, but 1 year in 10 still frosts after May 4.
A frost date is really a percentile from 30 years of records at a nearby weather station: in about half of years a frost still comes after the median date. Both numbers are below, so you can choose the risk yourself.
The odds
Last spring frost
How often a frost still comes on or after each date.
- 1 year in 10
- May 4
- 1 year in 5
- April 30
- 3 years in 10
- April 27
- 2 years in 5
- April 24
- Half of years (the median)
- April 21
First fall freeze
How often the first freeze comes on or before each date.
- 1 year in 10
- October 4
- 1 year in 5
- October 10
- 3 years in 10
- October 14
- 2 years in 5
- October 16
- Half of years (the median)
- October 18
- Growing season
- about 179 days
- Hardiness zones nearby
- 5b, 6a
- Summer days
- a usual high of about 29 °C84 °F
- Lettuce and spinach run to seed
- June to September, in hot, long days (how we know)
Summer and rain
A growing garden needs about 25 mm1 in of water a week, rain and watering together. Here is what a normal month brings.
Month by month
- January
- high ~0 °C32 °F · low ~-10 °C14 °F · rain ~23 mm0.9 in
- February
- high ~3 °C37 °F · low ~-8 °C17 °F · rain ~30 mm1.2 in
- March
- high ~10 °C50 °F · low ~-2 °C28 °F · rain ~49 mm1.9 in
- April
- high ~17 °C62 °F · low ~4 °C38 °F · rain ~83 mm3.3 in
- May
- high ~22 °C72 °F · low ~10 °C51 °F · rain ~127 mm5 in
- June
- high ~28 °C83 °F · low ~17 °C62 °F · rain ~136 mm5.4 in
- July
- high ~30 °C86 °F · low ~19 °C66 °F · rain ~88 mm3.5 in
- August
- high ~29 °C84 °F · low ~18 °C64 °F · rain ~97 mm3.8 in
- September
- high ~25 °C77 °F · low ~12 °C54 °F · rain ~74 mm2.9 in
- October
- high ~18 °C64 °F · low ~5 °C42 °F · rain ~65 mm2.6 in
- November
- high ~10 °C49 °F · low ~-2 °C29 °F · rain ~34 mm1.4 in
- December
- high ~2 °C36 °F · low ~-7 °C19 °F · rain ~35 mm1.4 in
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Gretna 4 NE station (listed by NOAA as Gretna 4NE, USC00253467), at 41.16, -96.19. These are that station’s own records, unshifted. The further your garden is from it, the less exactly they describe your ground. The planner finds the nearest station to your garden and lowers its confidence with distance, so no number is presented as if it were measured in your garden.
Cold air also pools in low ground on the clear, still nights when frost happens, so a hollow can freeze while a slope a few hundred feet away does not. No table can know that about your garden. A few seasons of your own logged frosts can.
ZIP codes nearest this station
68003, 68007, 68010, 68016, 68022, 68028, 68037, 68042, 68046, 68048, 68058, 68059…
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68064, 68068, 68069, 68073, 68116, 68118, 68123, 68127, 68128, 68130, 68133, 68135, 68136, 68137, 68138, 68144, 68154, 68164, 68366, 68403, 68407.
Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- Omaha Eppley Airfield, NE, last frost by April 18
- Lincoln Municipal Airport, NE, last frost by April 24
- Sioux City Gateway Airport, IA, last frost by April 29
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