Caliente, NV 89017 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Caliente, NV, ZIP 89017
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/20, about 235 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 188 frost-free days later.
Caliente sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Caliente has about 8 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Caliente compares
Caliente's growing season runs about 188 days, ranking 22,119 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NV, it ranks 131 of 222.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Caliente's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Caliente's dates instead of trusting one.