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NOAA 1991–2020 freeze normals

Frost Dates in Nebraska

Last and first frost at the 67 NOAA stations behind this site's Nebraska pages.

At the middle station of the 67 in Nebraska where a freeze comes every year, the last spring frost (50%) is April 28 and the first fall frost October 11, a freeze-free season of 164 days. The last frost is earliest at Elkhorn (Valley NWS, NE, April 15) and latest at Kimball (Kimball 2NE, NE, May 15), 30 days apart. The season runs from 132 days at Kimball to 187 at Elkhorn.

56 of these stations were also in NOAA's previous normals, for 1981–2010. Between the two, the median station's freeze-free season grew 4 days longer and the first fall frost 4 days later; the season lengthened at 44 stations and shortened at 10. The two periods share twenty years, so the change reflects mostly 2011–2020 against 1981–1990.

Nebraska places by frost date

Frost dates of the Nebraska places with a page, largest first
PlaceZIPLast frostFirst frostSeasonWinters with 32°F
Lincoln68516April 27October 10164 d100%
Lincoln68521April 24October 13171 d100%
Omaha68104April 16October 18183 d100%
Papillion68046April 17October 19183 d100%
Elkhorn68022April 15October 21187 d100%
Fremont68025April 23October 15172 d100%
Norfolk68701April 30October 5157 d100%
Columbus68601April 21October 15174 d100%
Grand Island68801April 23October 15174 d100%
Omaha68135April 21October 18179 d100%
North Platte69101May 3October 10158 d100%
Hastings68901April 22October 16176 d100%
Kearney68845April 30October 10162 d100%
Bennington68007April 19October 17180 d100%
Scottsbluff69361May 8October 3147 d100%
Beatrice68310April 24October 15172 d100%
Blair68008April 22October 17177 d100%
Lexington68850April 26October 13169 d100%
York68467April 22October 18178 d100%
Alliance69301May 11October 3144 d100%
Crete68333April 23October 12170 d100%
Mc Cook69001May 2October 9159 d100%
Seward68434April 26October 12169 d100%
Nebraska City68410April 18October 19182 d100%
Sidney69162May 15September 30135 d100%
Wayne68787April 29October 11163 d100%
Holdrege68949May 2October 11162 d100%
Chadron69337May 15September 28133 d100%
Ogallala69153May 1October 12163 d100%
Wahoo68066April 23October 15172 d100%
Aurora68818April 21October 15176 d100%
Cozad69130April 30October 9162 d100%
Ashland68003April 23October 16175 d100%
Fairbury68352April 25October 15169 d100%
Falls City68355April 18October 17180 d100%
Broken Bow68822May 1October 7157 d100%
Oneill68763May 3October 5155 d100%
West Point68788April 28October 12165 d100%
Auburn68305April 24October 10167 d100%
Valentine69201April 30October 11163 d100%
Central City68826April 28October 10165 d100%
Minden68959April 26October 12168 d100%
David City68632April 26October 11168 d100%
Saint Paul68873April 23October 14172 d100%
Mitchell69357May 7October 2147 d100%
Pierce68767April 30October 6160 d100%
Tecumseh68450April 26October 10164 d100%
Ord68862May 5October 3150 d100%
Albion68620May 1October 5157 d100%
Syracuse68446April 25October 11168 d100%
Hartington68739April 30October 5159 d100%
Madison68748April 30October 6160 d100%
Imperial69033May 7October 5150 d100%
Kimball69145May 15September 26132 d100%
Wood River68883April 25October 14171 d100%
Gordon69343May 12October 1141 d100%
Atkinson68713May 4October 4152 d100%
Geneva68361April 20October 18178 d100%
Stanton68779April 28October 9164 d100%
Superior68978April 29October 10162 d100%
Bayard69334May 5October 11156 d100%
Tekamah68061April 28October 10165 d100%
Ceresco68017April 22October 16175 d100%
Ravenna68869May 4October 3150 d100%
Crofton68730April 30October 8160 d100%
Burwell68823May 4October 5154 d100%
Ainsworth69210May 2October 8158 d100%

50% dates from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, one row per station; a state page is published when at least 5 stations stand behind its pages. Where a freeze comes in fewer than nine winters in ten, the dates describe the winters that have one.