Mesquite, NV 89021 Frost Dates
Mesquite, NV: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/26, about 182 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/22, roughly 268 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 12 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
02/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Mesquite against the rest of the dataset
Mesquite's growing season runs about 268 days, ranking 5,732 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NV, it ranks 93 of 222.
Learn more
Before leaning on 89021's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Mesquite's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Mesquite's dates instead of trusting one.