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Nebraska Planting Zones

Nebraska covers USDA hardiness zones 5a to 6a on the 2023 map. The most common zone is 5b (48% of ZIP codes), where the coldest winter night averages -15 to -10 °F. Omaha is zone 5b–6a, Lincoln is zone 5b–6a and Kearney is zone 5b.

Zones in Nebraska

Share of the state’s ZIP codes in each zone.

5a 18% -20 to -15 °F
5b 48% -15 to -10 °F
6a 34% -10 to -5 °F

Major cities

Omaha 5b–6a
Lincoln 5b–6a
Kearney 5b
Bellevue 5b–6a
Grand Island 5b
Omaha (Sarpy) 6a
Columbus 5b
Fremont 5b
Hastings 6a
Norfolk 5a–5b
North Platte 5b
Papillion 6a

Every city and town in Nebraska

Abie 68001 5b
Adams 68301 6a
Ainsworth 69210 5b
Albion 68620 5b
Alda 68810 5b
Alexandria 68303 6a
Allen 68710 5a
Alliance 69301 5a
Alma 68920 6a
Alvo 68304 6a
Amelia 68711 5a
Ames 68621 5b
Amherst 68812 5b
Angora 69331 5b
Anselmo 68813 5a
Ansley 68814 5b
Arapahoe 68922 5b
Arcadia 68815 5b
Archer 68816 5b
Arlington 68002 5b
Arnold 69120 5a
Arthur 69121 5b
Ashby 69333 5a
Ashland 68003 5b
Ashton 68817 5b
Atkinson 68713 5a
Atlanta 68923 6a
Auburn 68305 5b
Aurora 68818 5b
Avoca 68307 6a
Axtell 68924 5b
Ayr 68925 5b
Bancroft 68004 5a
Barneston 68309 6a
Bartlett 68622 5a
Bartley 69020 5b
Bassett 68714 5a
Battle Creek 68715 5b
Bayard 69334 5a
Beatrice 68310 6a
Beaver City 68926 5b
Beaver Crossing 68313 5b
Bee 68314 5b
Beemer 68716 5b
Belden 68717 5a
Belgrade 68623 5b
Bellevue 68005+ 5b–6a
Bellwood 68624 5b
Belvidere 68315 6a
Benedict 68316 5b
Benkelman 69021 5b
Bennet 68317 6a
Bennington 68007 6a
Bertrand 68927 6a
Big Springs 69122 5b
Bingham 69335 5a
Bladen 68928 5b
Blair 68008 5b
Bloomfield 68718 5b
Bloomington 68929 6a
Blue Hill 68930 5b
Blue Springs 68318 6a
Boelus 68820 5b
Boys Town 68010 6a
Bradshaw 68319 5b
Brady 69123 5b
Brainard 68626 5b
Brewster 68821 5a
Bridgeport 69336 5a
Bristow 68719 5a
Broadwater 69125 5a
Brock 68320 5b
Broken Bow 68822 5b
Brownville 68321 5b
Brule 69127 5b
Bruning 68322 6a
Bruno 68014 5b
Brunswick 68720 5b
Burchard 68323 6a
Burr 68324 5b
Burwell 68823 5a
Bushnell 69128 5a
Butte 68722 5a
Byron 68325 6a
Cairo 68824 5b
Callaway 68825 5b
Cambridge 69022 5b
Campbell 68932 6a
Carleton 68326 6a
Carroll 68723 5b
Cedar Bluffs 68015 5b
Cedar Creek 68016 5b
Cedar Rapids 68627 5b
Center 68724 5a
Central City 68826 5b
Ceresco 68017 5b
Chadron 69337 5a
Chambers 68725 5a
Champion 69023 5b
Chapman 68827 5b
Chappell 69129 5b
Chester 68327 6a
Clarks 68628 5b
Clarkson 68629 5b
Clatonia 68328 6a
Clay Center 68933 6a
Clearwater 68726 5a
Cody 69211 5a
Coleridge 68727 5a
Colon 68018 5b
Columbus 68601+ 5b
Comstock 68828 5b
Concord 68728 5a
Cook 68329 5b
Cordova 68330 6a
Cortland 68331 6a
Cozad 69130 5b
Crab Orchard 68332 6a
Craig 68019 5b
Crawford 69339 5a
Creighton 68729 5a
Creston 68631 5b
Crete 68333 6a
Crofton 68730 5a
Crookston 69212 5a
Culbertson 69024 5b
Curtis 69025 5b
Dakota City 68731 5a
Dalton 69131 5b
Danbury 69026 6a
Dannebrog 68831 5b
Davenport 68335 6a
Davey 68336 5b
David City 68632 5b
Dawson 68337 6a
Daykin 68338 6a
De Witt 68341 6a
Decatur 68020 5b
Denton 68339 6a
Deshler 68340 6a
Deweese 68934 6a
Dickens 69132 5b
Diller 68342 6a
Dix 69133 5b
Dixon 68732 5a
Dodge 68633 5b
Doniphan 68832 5b
Dorchester 68343 6a
Douglas 68344 6a
Du Bois 68345 6a
Dunbar 68346 6a
Duncan 68634 5b
Dunning 68833 5a
Dwight 68635 5b
Eagle 68347 6a
Eddyville 68834 5b
Edgar 68935 6a
Edison 68936 6a
Elba 68835 5b
Elgin 68636 5b
Elk Creek 68348 5b
Elkhorn 68022 6a
Ellsworth 69340 5a
Elm Creek 68836 5b
Elmwood 68349 6a
Elsie 69134 5b
Elsmere 69135 5b
Elwood 68937 5b
Elyria 68837 5a
Emerson 68733 5a
Emmet 68734 5b
Enders 69027 5b
Endicott 68350 6a
Ericson 68637 5a
Eustis 69028 5b
Ewing 68735 5a
Exeter 68351 6a
Fairbury 68352 6a
Fairfield 68938 6a
Fairmont 68354 5b
Falls City 68355 6a
Farnam 69029 5b
Farwell 68838 5b
Filley 68357 6a
Firth 68358 6a
Fordyce 68736 5a
Fort Calhoun 68023 5b
Franklin 68939 6a
Fremont 68025+ 5b
Friend 68359 6a
Fullerton 68638 5b
Funk 68940 6a
Garland 68360 5b
Geneva 68361 6a
Genoa 68640 5b
Gering 69341 5b
Gibbon 68840 5b
Gilead 68362 6a
Giltner 68841 5b
Glenvil 68941 6a
Goehner 68364 5b
Gordon 69343 5a
Gothenburg 69138 5b
Grafton 68365 6a
Grand Island 68801+ 5b
Grant 69140 5b
Greeley 68842 5a
Greenwood 68366 5b
Gresham 68367 5b
Gretna 68028 5b
Guide Rock 68942 6a
Gurley 69141 5b
Hadar 68738 5a
Haigler 69030 5b
Hallam 68368 6a
Halsey 69142 5b
Hampton 68843 5b
Hardy 68943 6a
Harrisburg 69345 5a
Harrison 69346 5a
Hartington 68739 5b
Harvard 68944 6a
Hastings 68901+ 6a
Hay Springs 69347 5a
Hayes Center 69032 5b
Hazard 68844 5b
Heartwell 68945 5b
Hebron 68370 6a
Hemingford 69348 5a
Henderson 68371 5b
Hendley 68946 5b
Herman 68029 5b
Hershey 69143 5b
Hickman 68372 6a
Hildreth 68947 6a
Holbrook 68948 5b
Holdrege 68949 6a
Holstein 68950 5b
Homer 68030 5a
Hooper 68031 5b
Hordville 68846 5b
Hoskins 68740 5b
Howells 68641 5b
Hubbard 68741 5a
Hubbell 68375 6a
Humboldt 68376 6a
Humphrey 68642 5b
Hyannis 69350 5a
Imperial 69033 5b
Inavale 68952 5b
Indianola 69034 5b
Inland 68954 6a
Inman 68742 5a
Ithaca 68033 5b
Jackson 68743 5a
Jansen 68377 6a
Johnson 68378 5b
Johnstown 69214 5b
Julian 68379 5b
Juniata 68955 5b
Kearney 68845+ 5b
Kenesaw 68956 5b
Kennard 68034 6a
Keystone 69144 5b
Kilgore 69216 5a
Kimball 69145 5a
La Vista 68128 6a
Lakeside 69351 5a
Laurel 68745 5a
Lawrence 68957 5b
Lebanon 69036 6a
Leigh 68643 5b
Lemoyne 69146 5b
Lewellen 69147 5b
Lewiston 68380 6a
Lexington 68850 5b
Liberty 68381 6a
Lincoln 68501+ 5b–6a
Lindsay 68644 5b
Linwood 68036 5b
Lisco 69148 5a
Litchfield 68852 5b
Lodgepole 69149 5b
Long Pine 69217 5a
Loomis 68958 5b
Louisville 68037 5b
Loup City 68853 5b
Lyman 69352 5a
Lynch 68746 5a
Lyons 68038 5b
Macy 68039 5a
Madison 68748 5b
Madrid 69150 5b
Magnet 68749 5b
Malcolm 68402 5b
Malmo 68040 5b
Manley 68403 6a
Marquette 68854 5b
Marsland 69354 5a
Martell 68404 6a
Maskell 68751 5a
Mason City 68855 5b
Max 69037 5b
Maxwell 69151 5b
Maywood 69038 5b
Mc Cook 69001 6a
Mc Cool Junction 68401 5b
Mclean 68747 5b
Mead 68041 5b
Meadow Grove 68752 5b
Melbeta 69355 5a
Memphis 68042 5b
Merna 68856 5a
Merriman 69218 5a
Milford 68405 5b
Miller 68858 5b
Milligan 68406 6a
Mills 68753 5a
Minatare 69356 5a
Minden 68959 5b
Mitchell 69357 5a
Monroe 68647 5b
Moorefield 69039 5b
Morrill 69358 5a
Morse Bluff 68648 5b
Mullen 69152 5b
Murdock 68407 6a
Murray 68409 6a
Naper 68755 5a
Naponee 68960 6a
Nebraska City 68410 6a
Nehawka 68413 5b
Neligh 68756 5a
Nelson 68961 6a
Nemaha 68414 5b
Nenzel 69219 5a
Newcastle 68757 5a
Newman Grove 68758 5b
Newport 68759 5a
Nickerson 68044 5b
Niobrara 68760 5a
Norfolk 68701+ 5a–5b
North Bend 68649 5b
North Loup 68859 5b
North Platte 69101+ 5b
Oak 68964 6a
Oakdale 68761 5a
Oakland 68045 5b
Oconto 68860 5a
Odell 68415 6a
Odessa 68861 5b
Offutt Afb 68113 5b
Ogallala 69153 5b
Ohiowa 68416 6a
Omaha 68101+ 5b–6a
Omaha (Sarpy) 68136+ 6a
Oneill 68763 5b
Ong 68452 6a
Orchard 68764 5a
Ord 68862 5b
Orleans 68966 6a
Osceola 68651 5b
Oshkosh 69154 5b
Osmond 68765 5a
Otoe 68417 6a
Overton 68863 5b
Oxford 68967 6a
Page 68766 5b
Palisade 69040 5b
Palmer 68864 5b
Palmyra 68418 6a
Panama 68419 6a
Papillion 68046+ 6a
Parks 69041 5b
Pawnee City 68420 6a
Paxton 69155 5b
Pender 68047 5a
Peru 68421 5b
Petersburg 68652 5b
Phillips 68865 5b
Pickrell 68422 6a
Pierce 68767 5a
Pilger 68768 5b
Plainview 68769 5b
Platte Center 68653 5b
Plattsmouth 68048 6a
Pleasant Dale 68423 6a
Pleasanton 68866 5b
Plymouth 68424 6a
Polk 68654 5b
Ponca 68770 5a
Potter 69156 5b
Prague 68050 5b
Primrose 68655 5b
Purdum 69157 5a
Randolph 68771 5b
Ravenna 68869 5b
Raymond 68428 5b
Red Cloud 68970 5b
Republican City 68971 6a
Reynolds 68429 6a
Rising City 68658 5b
Riverdale 68870 5b
Riverton 68972 6a
Roca 68430 6a
Rockville 68871 5b
Rogers 68659 5b
Rosalie 68055 5a
Roseland 68973 5b
Royal 68773 5a
Rulo 68431 6a
Rushville 69360 5a
Ruskin 68974 6a
Saint Edward 68660 5b
Saint Helena 68774 5a
Saint Libory 68872 5b
Saint Paul 68873 5b
Salem 68433 6a
Sargent 68874 5a
Saronville 68975 6a
Schuyler 68661 5b
Scotia 68875 5b
Scottsbluff 69361+ 5a
Scribner 68057 5b
Seneca 69161 5b
Seward 68434 5b
Shelby 68662 5b
Shelton 68876 5b
Shickley 68436 6a
Shubert 68437 6a
Sidney 69160+ 5b
Silver Creek 68663 5b
Smithfield 68976 5b
Snyder 68664 5b
South Bend 68058 5b
South Sioux City 68776 5a
Spalding 68665 5a
Sparks 69220 5a
Spencer 68777 5a
Sprague 68438 6a
Springfield 68059 5b
Springview 68778 5a
St Columbans 68056 6a
Stamford 68977 6a
Stanton 68779 5b
Staplehurst 68439 5b
Stapleton 69163 5b
Steele City 68440 6a
Steinauer 68441 6a
Stella 68442 6a
Sterling 68443 5b
Stockville 69042 5b
Strang 68444 6a
Stratton 69043 5b
Stromsburg 68666 5b
Stuart 68780 5a
Sumner 68878 5b
Superior 68978 6a
Surprise 68667 5b
Sutherland 69165 5b
Sutton 68979 6a
Swanton 68445 6a
Syracuse 68446 5b
Table Rock 68447 6a
Talmage 68448 5b
Taylor 68879 5a
Tecumseh 68450 5b
Tekamah 68061 5b
Thedford 69166 5b
Thurston 68062 5a
Tilden 68781 5a
Tobias 68453 6a
Trenton 69044 6a
Trumbull 68980 6a
Tryon 69167 5b
Uehling 68063 5b
Ulysses 68669 5b
Unadilla 68454 6a
Union 68455 5b
Upland 68981 6a
Utica 68456 5b
Valentine 69201 5a
Valley 68064 5b
Valparaiso 68065 5b
Venango 69168 5b
Verdigre 68783 5a
Verdon 68457 6a
Virginia 68458 6a
Waco 68460 5b
Wahoo 68066 5b
Wakefield 68784 5a
Wallace 69169 5b
Walthill 68067 5a
Walton 68461 6a
Washington 68068 6a
Waterbury 68785 5a
Waterloo 68069 5b
Wauneta 69045 5b
Wausa 68786 5b
Waverly 68462 5b
Wayne 68787 5a
Weeping Water 68463 6a
Wellfleet 69170 5b
West Point 68788 5b
Western 68464 6a
Westerville 68881 5b
Weston 68070 5b
Whiteclay 69365 5a
Whitman 69366 5b
Whitney 69367 5a
Wilber 68465 6a
Wilcox 68982 6a
Willow Island 69171 5b
Wilsonville 69046 6a
Winnebago 68071 5a
Winnetoon 68789 5a
Winside 68790 5b
Wisner 68791 5b
Wolbach 68882 5b
Wood Lake 69221 5b
Wood River 68883 5b
Wymore 68466 6a
Wynot 68792 5a
York 68467 5b
Yutan 68073 5b

Other states

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Zones: 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map ZIP code data, USDA Agricultural Research Service and the PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University (official map). Place names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Each ZIP code gets one zone, but a ZIP code can cross a zone line, and hills, valleys and towns can be warmer or colder than the zone shown.

About the Hardiness Zone Map

The Hardiness Zone Map finds your USDA plant hardiness zone, also called your planting or growing zone, from your ZIP code. Zones are based on the average coldest winter night of the year: each zone is 10 °F wide and split into a and b halves of 5 °F, from zone 1a in Alaska to 13b in Puerto Rico. Plant labels and seed packets give the coldest zone a plant can survive, so knowing your zone tells you which perennials, shrubs and trees can stay outside all winter. Zones come from the official 2023 USDA map ZIP code data for all 50 states, Washington DC and Puerto Rico.

How to use it

1 Enter your 5-digit ZIP code and press Find my zone.
2 Read your zone and the average coldest winter temperature it stands for.
3 Open your state to see its zones and the zone of every city.
4 Choose plants rated for your zone number or a colder (lower) one.

Frequently asked questions

What growing zone is Nebraska?

Nebraska spans zones 5a–6a. Zone 5b is the most common, covering 48% of the state's ZIP codes. Enter your ZIP code above for your exact zone.

What planting zone is Omaha, NE?

Omaha is in USDA zone 5b–6a, depending on the ZIP code. Its average coldest winter night is -15 to -5 °F.

What planting zone is Lincoln, NE?

Lincoln is in USDA zone 5b–6a, depending on the ZIP code. Its average coldest winter night is -15 to -5 °F.

What planting zone is Kearney, NE?

Kearney is in USDA zone 5b. Its average coldest winter night is -15 to -10 °F.

What is the coldest zone in Nebraska?

The coldest part of Nebraska is zone 5a, with winter lows of -20 to -15 °F. The warmest is zone 6a, at -10 to -5 °F.

How are planting zones worked out?

Each zone is a 10 °F band of the average coldest winter night over 1991–2020, split into a and b halves of 5 °F. The map does not show summer heat, rainfall or frost dates, so check local advice before planting.

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