Nebraska Planting Zones

Nebraska runs from zone 5a to zone 6a on the 2023 USDA map. Zone 5b is the most common, covering 48% of the state's ZIP codes. Omaha is 6a, Lincoln is 6a and Scottsbluff is 5a.

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Zones across Nebraska

Zone	Average coldest night	Share of Nebraska ZIP codes
5a	−20 to −15°F	18%
5b	−15 to −10°F	48%
6a	−10 to −5°F	34%

Planting zone for every city and town in Nebraska

Each Nebraska town uses the ZIP code at its center. Big towns can cross into the next half-zone, so look up your own ZIP if you're near a line.

City	Zone	Average coldest night
Abie	5b	−15 to −10°F
Adams	6a	−10 to −5°F
Ainsworth	5a	−20 to −15°F
Albion	5b	−15 to −10°F
Alda	5b	−15 to −10°F
Alexandria	6a	−10 to −5°F
Allen	5a	−20 to −15°F
Alliance	5a	−20 to −15°F
Alma	6a	−10 to −5°F
Alvo	6a	−10 to −5°F
Amherst	5b	−15 to −10°F
Anoka	5a	−20 to −15°F
Anselmo	5a	−20 to −15°F
Ansley	5b	−15 to −10°F
Arapahoe	5b	−15 to −10°F
Arcadia	5b	−15 to −10°F
Arlington	5b	−15 to −10°F
Arnold	5a	−20 to −15°F
Arthur	5b	−15 to −10°F
Ashland	5b	−15 to −10°F
Ashton	5b	−15 to −10°F
Atkinson	5a	−20 to −15°F
Atlanta	6a	−10 to −5°F
Auburn	5b	−15 to −10°F
Aurora	5b	−15 to −10°F
Avoca	6a	−10 to −5°F
Axtell	5b	−15 to −10°F
Ayr	5b	−15 to −10°F
Bancroft	5a	−20 to −15°F
Barada	6a	−10 to −5°F
Barneston	6a	−10 to −5°F
Bartlett	5a	−20 to −15°F
Bartley	5b	−15 to −10°F
Bassett	5a	−20 to −15°F
Battle Creek	5b	−15 to −10°F
Bayard	5a	−20 to −15°F
Bazile Mills	5a	−20 to −15°F
Beatrice	6a	−10 to −5°F
Beaver City	5b	−15 to −10°F
Beaver Crossing	5b	−15 to −10°F
Bee	5b	−15 to −10°F
Beemer	5b	−15 to −10°F
Belden	5a	−20 to −15°F
Belgrade	5b	−15 to −10°F
Bellevue	5b	−15 to −10°F
Bellwood	5b	−15 to −10°F
Belvidere	6a	−10 to −5°F
Benedict	5b	−15 to −10°F
Benkelman	5b	−15 to −10°F
Bennet	6a	−10 to −5°F
Bennington	6a	−10 to −5°F
Bertrand	6a	−10 to −5°F
Berwyn	5b	−15 to −10°F
Big Springs	5b	−15 to −10°F
Bladen	5b	−15 to −10°F
Blair	5b	−15 to −10°F
Bloomfield	5b	−15 to −10°F
Bloomington	6a	−10 to −5°F
Blue Hill	5b	−15 to −10°F
Blue Springs	6a	−10 to −5°F
Boys Town	6a	−10 to −5°F
Bradshaw	5b	−15 to −10°F
Brady	5b	−15 to −10°F
Brainard	5b	−15 to −10°F
Brewster	5a	−20 to −15°F
Bridgeport	5a	−20 to −15°F
Bristow	5a	−20 to −15°F
Broadwater	5a	−20 to −15°F
Brock	5b	−15 to −10°F
Broken Bow	5b	−15 to −10°F
Brownville	5b	−15 to −10°F
Brule	5b	−15 to −10°F
Bruning	6a	−10 to −5°F
Bruno	5b	−15 to −10°F
Brunswick	5b	−15 to −10°F
Burchard	6a	−10 to −5°F
Burr	5b	−15 to −10°F
Burton	5a	−20 to −15°F
Burwell	5a	−20 to −15°F
Bushnell	5a	−20 to −15°F
Butte	5a	−20 to −15°F
Byron	6a	−10 to −5°F
Cairo	5b	−15 to −10°F
Callaway	5b	−15 to −10°F
Cambridge	5b	−15 to −10°F
Campbell	6a	−10 to −5°F
Carleton	6a	−10 to −5°F
Carroll	5b	−15 to −10°F
Cedar Bluffs	5b	−15 to −10°F
Cedar Creek	5b	−15 to −10°F
Cedar Rapids	5b	−15 to −10°F
Center	5a	−20 to −15°F
Central City	5b	−15 to −10°F
Ceresco	5b	−15 to −10°F
Chadron	5a	−20 to −15°F
Chambers	5a	−20 to −15°F
Chapman	5b	−15 to −10°F
Chappell	5b	−15 to −10°F
Chester	6a	−10 to −5°F
Clarks	5b	−15 to −10°F
Clarkson	5b	−15 to −10°F
Clatonia	6a	−10 to −5°F
Clay Center	6a	−10 to −5°F
Clearwater	5a	−20 to −15°F
Clinton	5a	−20 to −15°F
Cody	5a	−20 to −15°F
Coleridge	5a	−20 to −15°F
Colon	5b	−15 to −10°F
Columbus	5b	−15 to −10°F
Comstock	5b	−15 to −10°F
Concord	5a	−20 to −15°F
Cook	5b	−15 to −10°F
Cordova	6a	−10 to −5°F
Cornlea	5b	−15 to −10°F
Cortland	6a	−10 to −5°F
Cotesfield	5b	−15 to −10°F
Cowles	5b	−15 to −10°F
Cozad	5b	−15 to −10°F
Crab Orchard	6a	−10 to −5°F
Craig	5b	−15 to −10°F
Crawford	5a	−20 to −15°F
Creighton	5a	−20 to −15°F
Creston	5b	−15 to −10°F
Crete	6a	−10 to −5°F
Crofton	5a	−20 to −15°F
Crookston	5a	−20 to −15°F
Culbertson	5b	−15 to −10°F
Curtis	5b	−15 to −10°F
Cushing	5b	−15 to −10°F
Dakota City	5a	−20 to −15°F
Dalton	5b	−15 to −10°F
Danbury	6a	−10 to −5°F
Dannebrog	5b	−15 to −10°F
Davenport	6a	−10 to −5°F
Davey	5b	−15 to −10°F
David City	5b	−15 to −10°F
Dawson	6a	−10 to −5°F
Daykin	6a	−10 to −5°F
De Witt	6a	−10 to −5°F
Decatur	5b	−15 to −10°F
Denton	6a	−10 to −5°F
Deshler	6a	−10 to −5°F
Deweese	6a	−10 to −5°F
Diller	6a	−10 to −5°F
Dix	5b	−15 to −10°F
Dixon	5a	−20 to −15°F
Dodge	5b	−15 to −10°F
Doniphan	5b	−15 to −10°F
Dorchester	6a	−10 to −5°F
Douglas	6a	−10 to −5°F
Du Bois	6a	−10 to −5°F
Dunbar	6a	−10 to −5°F
Duncan	5b	−15 to −10°F
Dunning	5a	−20 to −15°F
Dwight	5b	−15 to −10°F
Eagle	6a	−10 to −5°F
Eddyville	5b	−15 to −10°F
Edgar	6a	−10 to −5°F
Edison	6a	−10 to −5°F
Elba	5b	−15 to −10°F
Elgin	5b	−15 to −10°F
Elk Creek	5b	−15 to −10°F
Elm Creek	5b	−15 to −10°F
Elmwood	6a	−10 to −5°F
Elsie	5b	−15 to −10°F
Elwood	5b	−15 to −10°F
Elyria	5a	−20 to −15°F
Emerson	5a	−20 to −15°F
Emmet	5b	−15 to −10°F
Endicott	6a	−10 to −5°F
Ericson	5a	−20 to −15°F
Eustis	5b	−15 to −10°F
Ewing	5a	−20 to −15°F
Exeter	6a	−10 to −5°F
Fairbury	6a	−10 to −5°F
Fairfield	6a	−10 to −5°F
Fairmont	5b	−15 to −10°F
Falls City	6a	−10 to −5°F
Farnam	5b	−15 to −10°F
Farwell	5b	−15 to −10°F
Filley	6a	−10 to −5°F
Firth	6a	−10 to −5°F
Fordyce	5a	−20 to −15°F
Fort Calhoun	5b	−15 to −10°F
Foster	5a	−20 to −15°F
Franklin	6a	−10 to −5°F
Fremont	5b	−15 to −10°F
Friend	6a	−10 to −5°F
Fullerton	5b	−15 to −10°F
Funk	6a	−10 to −5°F
Gandy	5b	−15 to −10°F
Garland	5b	−15 to −10°F
Garrison	5b	−15 to −10°F
Geneva	6a	−10 to −5°F
Genoa	5b	−15 to −10°F
Gering	5a	−20 to −15°F
Gibbon	5b	−15 to −10°F
Gilead	6a	−10 to −5°F
Giltner	5b	−15 to −10°F
Glenvil	6a	−10 to −5°F
Goehner	5b	−15 to −10°F
Gordon	5a	−20 to −15°F
Gothenburg	5b	−15 to −10°F
Grafton	6a	−10 to −5°F
Grand Island	5b	−15 to −10°F
Grant	5b	−15 to −10°F
Greeley Center	5a	−20 to −15°F
Greenwood	5b	−15 to −10°F
Gresham	5b	−15 to −10°F
Gretna	6a	−10 to −5°F
Gross	5a	−20 to −15°F
Guide Rock	6a	−10 to −5°F
Gurley	5b	−15 to −10°F
Hadar	5b	−15 to −10°F
Haigler	5b	−15 to −10°F
Hallam	6a	−10 to −5°F
Halsey	5b	−15 to −10°F
Hamlet	5b	−15 to −10°F
Hampton	5b	−15 to −10°F
Harbine	6a	−10 to −5°F
Hardy	6a	−10 to −5°F
Harrison	5a	−20 to −15°F
Hartington	5b	−15 to −10°F
Harvard	6a	−10 to −5°F
Hastings	6a	−10 to −5°F
Hay Springs	5a	−20 to −15°F
Hayes Center	5b	−15 to −10°F
Hazard	5b	−15 to −10°F
Heartwell	5b	−15 to −10°F
Hebron	6a	−10 to −5°F
Hemingford	5a	−20 to −15°F
Henderson	5b	−15 to −10°F
Hendley	5b	−15 to −10°F
Henry	5a	−20 to −15°F
Herman	5b	−15 to −10°F
Hershey	5b	−15 to −10°F
Hickman	6a	−10 to −5°F
Hildreth	6a	−10 to −5°F
Holbrook	5b	−15 to −10°F
Holdrege	6a	−10 to −5°F
Holstein	5b	−15 to −10°F
Homer	5a	−20 to −15°F
Hordville	5b	−15 to −10°F
Hoskins	5b	−15 to −10°F
Howard City (Boelus)	5b	−15 to −10°F
Howells	5b	−15 to −10°F
Hubbard	5a	−20 to −15°F
Hubbell	6a	−10 to −5°F
Humboldt	6a	−10 to −5°F
Humphrey	5b	−15 to −10°F
Huntley	6a	−10 to −5°F
Hyannis	5a	−20 to −15°F
Imperial	5b	−15 to −10°F
Indianola	5b	−15 to −10°F
Inglewood	5b	−15 to −10°F
Inman	5a	−20 to −15°F
Ithaca	5b	−15 to −10°F
Jackson	5a	−20 to −15°F
Jansen	6a	−10 to −5°F
Johnson	5b	−15 to −10°F
Johnstown	5b	−15 to −10°F
Julian	5b	−15 to −10°F
Juniata	5b	−15 to −10°F
Kearney	5b	−15 to −10°F
Kenesaw	5b	−15 to −10°F
Kennard	6a	−10 to −5°F
Kilgore	5a	−20 to −15°F
Kimball	5a	−20 to −15°F
La Vista	6a	−10 to −5°F
Lamar	5b	−15 to −10°F
Laurel	5a	−20 to −15°F
Lawrence	5b	−15 to −10°F
Lebanon	6a	−10 to −5°F
Leigh	5b	−15 to −10°F
Leshara	5b	−15 to −10°F
Lewellen	5b	−15 to −10°F
Lewiston	6a	−10 to −5°F
Lexington	5b	−15 to −10°F
Liberty	6a	−10 to −5°F
Lincoln	6a	−10 to −5°F
Lindsay	5b	−15 to −10°F
Linwood	5b	−15 to −10°F
Litchfield	5b	−15 to −10°F
Lodgepole	5b	−15 to −10°F
Long Pine	5a	−20 to −15°F
Loomis	5b	−15 to −10°F
Louisville	5b	−15 to −10°F
Loup City	5b	−15 to −10°F
Lushton	5b	−15 to −10°F
Lyman	5a	−20 to −15°F
Lynch	5a	−20 to −15°F
Lyons	5b	−15 to −10°F
Madison	5b	−15 to −10°F
Madrid	5b	−15 to −10°F
Magnet	5b	−15 to −10°F
Malcolm	5b	−15 to −10°F
Malmo	5b	−15 to −10°F
Manley	6a	−10 to −5°F
Marquette	5b	−15 to −10°F
Martinsburg	5a	−20 to −15°F
Maskell	5a	−20 to −15°F
Mason City	5b	−15 to −10°F
Maxwell	5b	−15 to −10°F
Maywood	5b	−15 to −10°F
McCook	6a	−10 to −5°F
McCool Junction	5b	−15 to −10°F
McLean	5b	−15 to −10°F
Mead	5b	−15 to −10°F
Meadow Grove	5b	−15 to −10°F
Melbeta	5a	−20 to −15°F
Memphis	5b	−15 to −10°F
Merna	5a	−20 to −15°F
Merriman	5a	−20 to −15°F
Milford	5b	−15 to −10°F
Miller	5b	−15 to −10°F
Milligan	6a	−10 to −5°F
Minatare	5a	−20 to −15°F
Minden	5b	−15 to −10°F
Mitchell	5a	−20 to −15°F
Monowi	5a	−20 to −15°F
Monroe	5b	−15 to −10°F
Moorefield	5b	−15 to −10°F
Morrill	5a	−20 to −15°F
Morse Bluff	5b	−15 to −10°F
Mullen	5b	−15 to −10°F
Murdock	6a	−10 to −5°F
Murray	6a	−10 to −5°F
Naper	5a	−20 to −15°F
Naponee	6a	−10 to −5°F
Nebraska City	6a	−10 to −5°F
Nehawka	5b	−15 to −10°F
Neligh	5a	−20 to −15°F
Nelson	6a	−10 to −5°F
Nemaha	5b	−15 to −10°F
Nenzel	5a	−20 to −15°F
Newcastle	5a	−20 to −15°F
Newman Grove	5b	−15 to −10°F
Newport	5a	−20 to −15°F
Nickerson	5b	−15 to −10°F
Niobrara	5a	−20 to −15°F
Nora	6a	−10 to −5°F
Norfolk	5b	−15 to −10°F
Norman	5b	−15 to −10°F
North Bend	5b	−15 to −10°F
North Loup	5b	−15 to −10°F
North Platte	5b	−15 to −10°F
O'Neill	5b	−15 to −10°F
Oak	6a	−10 to −5°F
Oakdale	5a	−20 to −15°F
Oakland	5b	−15 to −10°F
Obert	5a	−20 to −15°F
Oconto	5a	−20 to −15°F
Octavia	5b	−15 to −10°F
Odell	6a	−10 to −5°F
Ogallala	5b	−15 to −10°F
Ohiowa	6a	−10 to −5°F
Omaha	6a	−10 to −5°F
Ong	6a	−10 to −5°F
Orchard	5a	−20 to −15°F
Ord	5b	−15 to −10°F
Orleans	6a	−10 to −5°F
Osceola	5b	−15 to −10°F
Oshkosh	5b	−15 to −10°F
Osmond	5a	−20 to −15°F
Otoe	6a	−10 to −5°F
Overton	5b	−15 to −10°F
Oxford	6a	−10 to −5°F
Page	5b	−15 to −10°F
Palisade	5b	−15 to −10°F
Palmer	5b	−15 to −10°F
Palmyra	6a	−10 to −5°F
Panama	6a	−10 to −5°F
Papillion	6a	−10 to −5°F
Pawnee City	6a	−10 to −5°F
Paxton	5b	−15 to −10°F
Pender	5a	−20 to −15°F
Peru	5b	−15 to −10°F
Petersburg	5b	−15 to −10°F
Phillips	5b	−15 to −10°F
Pickrell	6a	−10 to −5°F
Pierce	5a	−20 to −15°F
Pilger	5b	−15 to −10°F
Plainview	5b	−15 to −10°F
Platte Center	5b	−15 to −10°F
Plattsmouth	6a	−10 to −5°F
Pleasant Dale	6a	−10 to −5°F
Pleasanton	5b	−15 to −10°F
Plymouth	6a	−10 to −5°F
Polk	5b	−15 to −10°F
Ponca	5a	−20 to −15°F
Potter	5b	−15 to −10°F
Prague	5b	−15 to −10°F
Primrose	5b	−15 to −10°F
Prosser	5b	−15 to −10°F
Ralston	6a	−10 to −5°F
Randolph	5b	−15 to −10°F
Ravenna	5b	−15 to −10°F
Raymond	5b	−15 to −10°F
Red Cloud	5b	−15 to −10°F
Republican City	6a	−10 to −5°F
Reynolds	6a	−10 to −5°F
Richland	5b	−15 to −10°F
Rising City	5b	−15 to −10°F
Riverdale	5b	−15 to −10°F
Riverton	6a	−10 to −5°F
Roca	6a	−10 to −5°F
Rockville	5b	−15 to −10°F
Rogers	5b	−15 to −10°F
Rosalie	5a	−20 to −15°F
Roseland	5b	−15 to −10°F
Royal	5a	−20 to −15°F
Rulo	6a	−10 to −5°F
Rushville	5a	−20 to −15°F
Ruskin	6a	−10 to −5°F
Salem	6a	−10 to −5°F
Santee	5a	−20 to −15°F
Sargent	5a	−20 to −15°F
Saronville	6a	−10 to −5°F
Schuyler	5b	−15 to −10°F
Scotia	5b	−15 to −10°F
Scottsbluff	5a	−20 to −15°F
Scribner	5b	−15 to −10°F
Seward	5b	−15 to −10°F
Shelby	5b	−15 to −10°F
Shelton	5b	−15 to −10°F
Shickley	6a	−10 to −5°F
Sholes	5a	−20 to −15°F
Shubert	6a	−10 to −5°F
Sidney	5b	−15 to −10°F
Silver Creek	5b	−15 to −10°F
Smithfield	5b	−15 to −10°F
Snyder	5b	−15 to −10°F
South Bend	5b	−15 to −10°F
South Sioux City	5a	−20 to −15°F
Spalding	5a	−20 to −15°F
Spencer	5a	−20 to −15°F
Sprague	6a	−10 to −5°F
Springfield	5b	−15 to −10°F
Springview	5a	−20 to −15°F
St. Edward	5b	−15 to −10°F
St. Helena	5a	−20 to −15°F
St. Paul	5b	−15 to −10°F
Stamford	6a	−10 to −5°F
Stanton	5b	−15 to −10°F
Staplehurst	5b	−15 to −10°F
Stapleton	5b	−15 to −10°F
Steele City	6a	−10 to −5°F
Steinauer	6a	−10 to −5°F
Stella	6a	−10 to −5°F
Sterling	5b	−15 to −10°F
Stockham	6a	−10 to −5°F
Stockville	5b	−15 to −10°F
Strang	6a	−10 to −5°F
Stratton	5b	−15 to −10°F
Stromsburg	5b	−15 to −10°F
Stuart	5a	−20 to −15°F
Sumner	5b	−15 to −10°F
Superior	6a	−10 to −5°F
Surprise	5b	−15 to −10°F
Sutherland	5b	−15 to −10°F
Sutton	6a	−10 to −5°F
Swanton	6a	−10 to −5°F
Syracuse	5b	−15 to −10°F
Table Rock	6a	−10 to −5°F
Talmage	5b	−15 to −10°F
Tarnov	5b	−15 to −10°F
Taylor	5a	−20 to −15°F
Tecumseh	5b	−15 to −10°F
Tekamah	5b	−15 to −10°F
Terrytown	5a	−20 to −15°F
Thayer	5b	−15 to −10°F
Thedford	5b	−15 to −10°F
Thurston	5a	−20 to −15°F
Tilden	5a	−20 to −15°F
Tobias	6a	−10 to −5°F
Trenton	6a	−10 to −5°F
Trumbull	6a	−10 to −5°F
Uehling	5b	−15 to −10°F
Ulysses	5b	−15 to −10°F
Unadilla	6a	−10 to −5°F
Union	5b	−15 to −10°F
Upland	6a	−10 to −5°F
Utica	5b	−15 to −10°F
Valentine	5a	−20 to −15°F
Valley	5b	−15 to −10°F
Valparaiso	5b	−15 to −10°F
Venango	5b	−15 to −10°F
Verdel	5a	−20 to −15°F
Verdigre	5a	−20 to −15°F
Verdon	6a	−10 to −5°F
Virginia	6a	−10 to −5°F
Waco	5b	−15 to −10°F
Wahoo	5b	−15 to −10°F
Wakefield	5a	−20 to −15°F
Wallace	5b	−15 to −10°F
Walthill	5a	−20 to −15°F
Washington	6a	−10 to −5°F
Waterbury	5a	−20 to −15°F
Waterloo	6a	−10 to −5°F
Wauneta	5b	−15 to −10°F
Wausa	5b	−15 to −10°F
Waverly	5b	−15 to −10°F
Wayne	5a	−20 to −15°F
Weeping Water	6a	−10 to −5°F
Wellfleet	5b	−15 to −10°F
West Point	5b	−15 to −10°F
Western	6a	−10 to −5°F
Weston	5b	−15 to −10°F
Whitney	5a	−20 to −15°F
Wilber	6a	−10 to −5°F
Wilcox	6a	−10 to −5°F
Wilsonville	6a	−10 to −5°F
Winnebago	5a	−20 to −15°F
Winnetoon	5a	−20 to −15°F
Winside	5b	−15 to −10°F
Wisner	5b	−15 to −10°F
Wolbach	5b	−15 to −10°F
Wood Lake	5b	−15 to −10°F
Wood River	5b	−15 to −10°F
Wymore	6a	−10 to −5°F
Wynot	5a	−20 to −15°F
York	5b	−15 to −10°F
Yutan	5b	−15 to −10°F

Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, 2023, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; ZIP code table from the PRISM Group, Oregon State University (accessed Oct 2026). This list is our own summary, not the official USDA map. See how we calculate.

Frequently asked questions

What planting zone is Nebraska?

Nebraska spans zones 5a to 6a on the 2023 USDA map, and zone 5b is the most common. Look up your ZIP code for your exact zone.

What zone is Omaha, NE?

Omaha is zone 6a, where the coldest night of an average winter falls from −10 to −5°F. Plants rated hardy to zone 6 or colder should survive a typical winter there.

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