Right now
34°C / 94°F
Clear · wind 16 km/h · 50% RH
Soil (6 cm)
28°C / 83°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
5a
est. from 10-yr extreme low -27°C
Frost window
Apr 19 – Oct 21
~185 frost-free days · first frost in ~43 days
Sun
06:57 – 19:45
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/Chicago
Tue
Drizzle
35° / 24°
0.5 mm
Wed
Showers
28° / 21°
8.85 mm
Thu
Overcast
31° / 17°
dry
Fri
Showers
36° / 20°
4.9 mm
Sat
Showers
27° / 19°
8.1 mm
Sun
Drizzle
26° / 18°
1.5 mm
Mon
Showers
37° / 20°
8.6 mm
This week
AI field guide · refreshed weeklyOmaha Gardening: Early September – Sow Cool-Season Crops, Harvest Summer Bounty. Omaha-Area Fishing: Early Fall on the Missouri & Platte. Foraging in Omaha: Early Fall Harvest.
Gardening
Omaha Gardening: Early September – Sow Cool-Season Crops, Harvest Summer Bounty
Sow & harvest now
- Spinach (Bloomsdale, Space or Tyee)
- Lettuce (Buttercrunch, Oakleaf, Winter Density)
- Radish (Cherry Belle, Watermelon)
- Kale (Winterbor, Lacinato)
Fishing
Omaha-Area Fishing: Early Fall on the Missouri & Platte
What's biting
- Channel Catfish
- Walleye
- Largemouth Bass
- Crappie (Black & White)
Foraging
Foraging in Omaha: Early Fall Harvest
In season now
- Black Walnut
- Pawpaw
- Wild Grape
- Autumn Olive
Your ecological region
Prairies & Great Plains
From the aspen parkland of Alberta to the Texas Hill Country: grassland, big sky, wind, and extremes of cold and heat.
Regional guide →Your hardiness zone
Zone 5a
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -27°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Omaha every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.