Top Ten Longest and Shortest Growing Seasons 1887-2021

Lincoln, NE, Growing Seasons (number of days between last freeze in spring and first freeze in fall), 1887-2020, 134 years

Growing Season Length = number of days between last freeze in the Spring and first freeze in the Fall.

Year 2021 Growing season: 158 days  (last freeze May 5, first freeze October 21)

Shortest Growing Season Length: 117 days, 1940 (last freeze May 16, first freeze September 11)
Longest Growing Season Length: 217 days, 1924 (last freeze April 2, first freeze November 6)
Normal (1991-2020) Growing Season Length: 164 days

Last six years
Year 2021:  158 days
Year 2020: 167 days
Year 2019:  179 days 
Year 2018:  168 days
Year 2017: 166 days 
Year 2016: 183 days
Year 2015: 174 days

Top Ten Longest Growing Seasons

Rank
Year
Month
Date
Month
Date
Length
in days
1
1924
Apr
2
Nov
6
217
2
1968
Apr
5
Nov
3
211
3
1971
Apr
6
Oct
31
207
3
1900
Apr
13
Nov
7
207
5
1955
Apr
7
Oct
24
199
6
1938
Apr
9
Oct
23
196
6
1897
Apr
19
Nov
2
196
6
1914
Apr
12
Oct
26
196
6
1969
Mar
31
Oct
14
196
10
1925
Mar
27
Oct
9
195
             

Top Ten Shortest Growing Seasons

Rank
Year
Month
Date
Month
Date
Length
in days
1
1940
May
16
Sep
11
117
2
1983
May
15
Sep
23
130
3
1989
May
7
Sep
23
138
4
1995
May
2
Sep
22
142
5
2014
May
16
Oct
11
147
5
1918
Apr
25
Sep
20
147
5
1980
May
8
Oct
3
147
5
1984
May
1
Sep
26
147
9
1965
Apr
28
Sep
24
148
9
1893
Apr
29
Sep
25
148
9
2005
May
3
Sep
29
148

 

All data in this table are from the National Weather Service and HPRCC data archives.