Mesquite, NV 89007 Frost Dates
Mesquite, NV: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/16, roughly 200 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/13, roughly 238 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Mesquite, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Mesquite's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Mesquite against the rest of the dataset
About 238 days separate Mesquite's last and first frost, putting it 8,940 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NV, it ranks 111 of 222.
Learn more
Before leaning on 89007's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Mesquite can differ from the 89007 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Mesquite's frost date answer different questions.