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.