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Mesquite, NV 89025 Frost Dates

Mesquite, NV: when does the frost end?

Zone 9a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/26, roughly 182 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/22, roughly 268 days after the last spring frost.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mesquite in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.

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.

Why 02/26 isn't a guarantee

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

About 268 days separate Mesquite's last and first frost, putting it 5,733 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NV, it ranks 94 of 222.

Learn more

Before leaning on 89025'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.